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Gaspard Estrada

Gaspard Estrada

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Gaspard Estrada is Executive Director of the Political Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean at Sciences Po.

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  1. Brazil Needs a United Anti-Bolsonaro Front
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    Brazil Needs a United Anti-Bolsonaro Front

    Sep 7, 2022 Gaspard Estrada sees only one way to end the systematic dismantling of the country's democracy.

  2. Political Justice in Latin America
    Former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom is arrested under corruption charges JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images

    Political Justice in Latin America

    Jun 7, 2018 Gaspard Estrada argues that, from Brazil to Mexico, activist judiciaries are doing more harm than good.

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    China Shuts Down Its International-Adoption Machine

    Yi Fuxian welcomes the government's apparent recognition that a severe demographic crisis looms.
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    From the Year of Elections to the Year of Governance

    Adam Nelson & Kristen Sample highlight five major challenges reformist governments must confront to minimize populist threats.
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    Africa’s Path to Green Prosperity

    Erik Berglöf highlights the potential that a young population and abundant renewable-energy resources represent.
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    Saving the Planet from Plastics

    Jayati Ghosh explains why recycling alone is not enough to mitigate the health and climate effects of overproduction.
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    What Harris and Trump Will Do

    With less than two months to go until the US presidential election, the candidates’ opposing worldviews, objectives, and priorities – and their implications for international relations, the economy, and democracy – have come into sharper focus. While it is impossible to know exactly what a leader will do once in office, the contours of both a Donald Trump and a Kamala Harris presidency are remarkably well defined.

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    The Big Picture

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    Macron’s Trial by Fire

    Hugo Drochon

    Since the start of the Olympic Summer Games in Paris, Emmanuel Macron has reclaimed the initiative and confronted a political situation that is in many ways unprecedented for a French president. Not only has the center held, but the country may have a return to political stability in its sights.

    reflects on the French president's efforts to maintain control after a painful election season.
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    Kamala Harris’s Liberal Patriotism

    Andrés Velasco & Daniel Brieba explain why the Democratic US presidential candidate's appeal to love of country is good politics.
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    Confronting Africa’s Cost-of-Living Crisis

    Hippolyte Fofack urges governments to rethink constraints on public spending and increase investment in human capital.

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