Our guest is Gabriel Hetland, sociologist and associate professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino/Latina Studies at the University at Albany SUNY. He is the author of Democracy on the Ground: Local Politics in Latin America’s Left Turn.

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Our guest is Raylí Luján, Venezuelan journalist and columnist for La Vida de Nos, as well as the recipient of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2018 South American Journalism Award. Photo credit: EFE - Ronald Pena R

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Our guest is Dr. Orçun Selçuk, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Luther College and the author of the new book The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization, a comparative analysis centered on how populist leaders in Venezuela, Ecuador, and Turkey leverage propaganda and emotional appeals to deepen societal divides, and the strategies opposition movements employ to counter these.

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