01
November 2024
Past Event
Countering Authoritarian Regimes’ New Tactics in Latin America

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Countering Authoritarian Regimes’ New Tactics in Latin America

Past Event
Hudson Institute
November 01, 2024
University students demand Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government release the political prisoners in Managua on February 3, 2020. (Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images)
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University students demand Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government release the political prisoners in Managua on February 3, 2020. (Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images)
01
November 2024
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: msnow@hudson.org

Speakers:
batlle
Daniel Batlle

Adjunct Fellow

Trustee, Freedom House
Félix Maradiaga

Trustee, Freedom House

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Latin America’s authoritarian regimes have evolved, and so have their methods of controlling their societies and silencing dissent. Autocrats in the region are increasing their use of arbitrary detention and imprisonment, deploying new forms of transnational repression, and adopting a range of technologies, often in cooperation with other authoritarian regimes or criminal organizations.

These new, increasingly effective forms of repression leave dissidents, journalists, and other democratic actors in perilous situations, stifling efforts to mobilize citizens. Moreover, the United States and other democracies have not kept up with the autocrats’ expanding playbook, so outside efforts to support democratic movements are often at a significant disadvantage.

Join Hudson Adjunct Fellow Daniel Batlle for a conversation with Nicaraguan democracy leader and Freedom House Trustee Félix Maradiaga to examine how today’s autocrats exert control and why democracies need new tactics to support democratic leaders in the region.

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