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The Chilean Democracy: Unwritten and Thriving
In 2019, Chilean citizens took to the streets in one of the largest anti-government protests in the nation’s young democratic history....
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Feb 15, 20234 min read


The Strange Link Between Autocracy and Late-Industrial Development
In the 20th century, a select cast of East Asian governments completely redefined the international economic order. It was the era of the...
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Dec 13, 20215 min read


Constitutional Rights and Indigenous Dispossession in Chile
For the first time in Chilean history, an Indigenous Mapuche woman, Elisa Loncon, is leading the country’s constitutional transformation...
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Dec 2, 20214 min read


A Parley for Parliament: Exploring System Change in Chile’s New Constitution
Chilean pro-democracy activists once used the slogan “La alegria ya viene” [“Happiness is coming”] to protest against the brutal dictator...
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Dec 14, 20205 min read


At the Intersection of Public Transit and Political Movements
Mandatory curfew, scores of tanks, and armed policemen on the street: these are some of the most iconic symbols of the Chilean...
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Jan 1, 20205 min read


Be Careful What You Vouch For
As a Chilean citizen, Jonathan Franklin has used Chile’s education vouchers to send his seven children to public and private schools of...
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Sep 20, 20195 min read


Evo’s Choice: Bolivia’s Path to the Sea at a Crossroads
October 1, 2018. Bolivian President Evo Morales is not having a good day. The verdict is slow and painful. After a painfully long 80...
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Aug 26, 20194 min read


Parched Politics: How a Unitary State Fails its Cities
Water has been labeled the petroleum of the next century and the subject of World War III by Goldman Sachs and Newsweek respectively....
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Jan 4, 20175 min read


Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Good for Latin America?
“TPP es muerte”, read the sign of a man protesting in front of La Moneda, Chile’s presidential palace, on the afternoon of February 4....
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Apr 14, 20166 min read


Colombia: Giving Peace (Negotiations) A Chance
On September 23, Colombians awoke to the unexpected news of a peace accord between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...
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Oct 19, 20154 min read


The other 9/11: The Beginning of the Chilean Coup
-Salvador Allende September 11 is a date to be remembered for more than one tragic event. An obscure era of Chilean history began when,...
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Sep 30, 20144 min read
The Machismo Paradox: Latin America’s Struggles with Feminism and Patriarchy
President Michelle Bachelet marked her second inauguration last month wearing the country’s traditional red, white and blue presidential...
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Apr 30, 201412 min read


The Other 9/11
Chilean Armed Forces bomb the Presidential Palace during the 1973 coup. Wikipedia Commons. Creative Commons. The events of September 11th...
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Sep 13, 20134 min read


The Reaper
Thatcher Does Not Sow. Margaret Thatcher is dead, and hagiography on the former British Prime Minister—brilliantly interrupted by Ken...
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Apr 11, 20134 min read
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