After two decades of nearly-uninterrupted rule by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), in October Bolivians elected the center-right senator Rodrigo Paz to be the country’s next president. Can Paz pull Bolivia out of economic crisis? Is there a future for the Bolivian left? What changes can the country expect in the years ahead?

Speaker: Jorge Derpic (Ph.D. Sociology, University of Texas at Austin) is an Assistant Director and Academic Professional Associate for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on state and collective responses to crime in urban-indigenous Latin America.

Moderators:
Rubén Hernández-León, UCLA Latin American Institute
Gabriel Silva Collins, Andean Working Group

Sponsor(s): Latin American Institute