Government abuses of power and the breakdown of civil society run from the United States to Chile. Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte will move us through corruption, violence, forced migration and human rights abuses as we explore autocracy in the Americas.
One of the world’s most important voices on Latin America, Ambassador Aponte recently returned from Panama as US Ambassador during the Biden administration, following her service as US Ambassador to El Salvador. She is the first Puerto Rican woman to hold the title of ambassador.
