Leiv Marsteintredet, Department of Comparative Politics at Bergen University in Norway, presents, “Presidential Interruptions in Latin America: Social Origins and Implications,” Wednesday, April 29, noon, SUB Lobo B.
Photo: Leiv Marsteintredet
Since 1978, 12 Latin American presidents have failed to make it to the end of their constitutional terms – they were impeached or forced from office early by large protest movements. This presentation addresses what these presidential “interruptions” have in common and what they tell us about how well presidents function in Latin America.
Marsteintredet, currently a Fulbright scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, focuses on the political nature of the interruptions, and how they constituted important turning points for the regimes in question.
This event, sponsored by the UNM Latin American and Iberian Institute, is free and open to the public. For more information, call 277-7390.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu