Populism, Latin American Presidents | 1001: Intro to Everything podcast #15 with Carlos de la Torre

Carlos de la Torre is Director of the UF Center for Latin American Studies. He was a fellow at the Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars.
His most recent books are The Routledge Handbook of Global Populism; Populisms a Quick Immersion, De Velasco a Correa: Insurreciones, populismo y elecciones en Ecuador, The Promise and Perils of Populism, Latin American Populism of the Twenty-First Century.
Resarch interest: Populism, democratization, and authoritarianism; racism and citizenship in the Americas. Geographic expertise: Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia

OUTLINE:
0:00 - what is populism? 5:30 - Give back power to the people9:53 - Restructuring institutions 13:01 - Psychology of a populist19:11 - Latin American Politics25:29 - Left and right politics. Should we fear populists? 30:45 - Javier Milei37:34 - Rafael Correa54:08 - Nicolas Maduro 56:14 - Evo Morales01:01:25 - Brasil, Lula, Jair Bolsonaro01:04:18 - Hugo Chavez01:09:56 - Lesson for the future
01:13:07 - Gratefulness

EPISODE LINKS:
Dr. de la Torre's UF profile: https://www.latam.ufl.edu/people/center-based-faculty/carlos-de-la-torre/
Dr. de la Torre's Twitter: https://twitter.com/cdela_torre?lang=en
Dr. de la Torre's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Carlos-de-la-Torre/author/B001JO7X5G?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

PODCAST INFO:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7lIxLKAKO8pDt6vkmU7TBX
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/andres-pulido5
Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFn7Fn5wd5p-quHz_YdoxrUryu0MRP6d0

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