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Public Seminar Series: Roundtable on Uruguayan Elections 2024

30 October 2024, 4:30 pm–6:00 pm

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On October 27, 2024, Uruguayans will be casting their vote in presidential elections. In this roundtable, our analysis will focus both on understanding the outcome in Uruguay and placing it in the broader regional context of a key electoral year across the Americas.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Sudershana Dave

Location

Clarke Hall (Level 3)
Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way
London
WC1H 0AL
United Kingdom

This election is significant both locally and regionally. On the one hand, it takes place forty years since the elections held in late November 1984 ushered the return of democracy to the country after 12 years of dictatorship and terror. Whilst often considered a beacon of democracy, stability, and security, Uruguay has recently seen rising crime rates and several corruption scandals rocking the country.

On the other, numerous other countries in the Americas have had or are about to vote in tight and contested elections. The regional backdrop is one of both democratic innovations and setbacks, ranging from Claudia Sheinbaum recently becoming Mexico's first female president, to the fraudulent vote in Venezuela, and the forthcoming contest between Trump and Harris in the United States.

Panellists:

  • Francisco Panizza, Professor in Latin American and Comparative Politics, LSE
  • Rosario Queirolo, Professor and Director of the Department of Social Sciences, Catholic University of Uruguay.
  • Bruno Binetti, PhD student in International Relations, LSE, and a non-resident Fellow at the Inter-American Dialogue, a think tank in Washington DC dedicated to Western Hemispheric affairs.

Chaired by Francesca Lessa

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