The 2023–24 Center for Inter-American Policy & Research Speaker Series, Violence, Inequality and Democracy in the Americas, explores challenges to democratic politics and effective governance in the region. Speakers will present cutting-edge research on the politics of criminal violence and civil conflict, protest movements, militarization, and democratic backsliding in diverse countries of Latin America. The Series engages students, faculty, and community members in dialogue on the most pressing issues facing the region today. 

In the Spring part of this series we will have three speakers:

February 5: Marco Alcocer (Harvard)

April 1: Jessica Zarkin (Claremont McKenna College)

April 15: John Marshall (Columbia)