A5057190253- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Politics and Society in Latin America
- Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America
- International Relations in Latin America
- Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
- Latin American socio-political dynamics
- Genetic and rare skin diseases.
- Cancer and Skin Lesions
- Cultural and political discourse analysis
- Tumors and Oncological Cases
- Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
- Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research
- Skin Diseases and Diabetes
- Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
- Nail Diseases and Treatments
- Political Dynamics in Latin America
- Infectious Diseases and Mycology
- Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas
- Latin American Cultural Politics
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders
- Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
- Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas
- Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
University of Florida
2019-2025
Meyer Children's Hospital
2024
Hospital Universitario La Paz
2010-2023
Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez
2000-2023
Universidad UTE
2021
University of Kentucky
2013-2019
Complejo Hospitalario de Pontevedra
2008-2018
University of Edinburgh
2016
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Ecuador
2004-2013
Northeastern University
2003-2013
Is Latin America experiencing a resurgence of leftwing governments, or are we seeing rebirth national-radical populism? Are the governments Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, and Rafael Correa becoming institutionalized as these leaders claim novel models participatory direct democracy? Or they reenacting older traditions that have favored plebiscitary acclamation clientelist distribution resources to loyal followers? authentic forms expression popular will by who empowered those previously...
Analysts developed the notion of permanent campaign to describe how presidents and prime ministers employ political marketing techniques in their quest mobilize public support. To date, most scholarly studies phenomenon have focused on its features consequences advanced democracies. This study expands analysis by examining relationship rise an extreme version plebiscitary presidency Andean region Latin America. Through examination administration Rafael Correa Ecuador, we show has been used...
ERLACS – European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies is an Open Access, scientific journal. It publishes peer-reviewed articles in English Spanish. Contributions reflect substantial empirical research and/or are theoretically innovative with respect to major debates within social science (understood the broadest sense, including history economics) on America Caribbean. In addition articles, includes 'Explorations' (a section which new themes presented stimulated), review essays,...
This article analyses how the interactions between a strong populist government in Ecuador and weak, divided, inefficient internal opposition context of weak liberal institutions could lead to what Guillermo O'Donnell termed "the slow death democracy". Rafael Correa was elected with substantive project democratization understood as economic redistribution social justice. His administration got rid neoliberal policies decaying traditional political parties, while simultaneously co-opting...
Este artículo sigue las sugerencias de Weber estudiar cómo diferentes tipos dominación se combinan en experiencias históricas concretas. Se analizan sinergias y tensiones entre el liderazgo carismático Rafael Correa criterios tecnocráticos. A diferencia líderes neopopulistas que encargaron sus políticas económicas a expertos neoliberales, combina su persona al experto con político carismático. En oratoria programas televisión radio semanales compagina tecnocracia carisma presenta como...
Latin America's Authoritarian Drift:Technocratic Populism in Ecuador Carlos de la Torre (bio) When Rafael Correa won his third presidential election with a commanding 57 percent of the vote on 17 February 2013, went from being country that seemingly could not keep chief executive office—there had been no fewer than seven them during decade before Correa's first win 2006—to one stable president. speaks himself as leading "citizens' revolution" aims to achieve "a radical and rapid change...
Is Latin America experiencing a resurgence of leftwing governments, or are we seeing rebirth national-radical populism? Are the governments Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, and Rafael Correa becoming institutionalized as these leaders claim novel models participatory direct democracy? Or they reenacting older traditions that have favored plebiscitary acclamation clientelist distribution resources to loyal followers? authentic forms expression popular will by who empowered those previously...
The 2006 presidential election in Ecuador offers an important example of how traditional, modern, and even postmodern modes electioneering are combined contemporary campaigns Latin America. In his successful race against billionaire candidate Alvaro Noboa, Rafael Correa crafted a hybrid campaign double sense. First, he blended the country's classic populist discourse with forward-looking appeals for change. Second, Correa's organization deftly state-of-the-art publicity application new...
Building on past and current experiences of populism in Latin America, this article makes four arguments. First, whereas populist movements seeking power promise to democratize society by challenging the legitimacy exclusionary institutions, governments often include excluded at cost disfiguring democracy. Second, during events meanings ambiguous term 'the people' are disputed. When social weak, when institutions liberal democracy discredited, a leader could attempt become embodiment will...
This article analyses the mechanisms of influence, learning, and emulation used by Hugo Chávez to diffuse Bolivarianism across Latin America world. Different from autocratic types diffusion that are instrumental motivated self-preservation, promoted what he depicted as a superior model democracy populist strategy political transformation using constitution making, heavy state intervention in economy, anti-imperialism. Even though his script for regime change Caribbean, was emulated only when...
Abstract This contribution discusses the advantages and disadvantages of Cas Mudde’s minimalist definition to study populism. It argues that his proposal might facilitate consensus among scholars, yet conceptualization is an obstacle grasp complexity populism in its diverse manifestations over space time. Moreover, some underlying normative assumptions limit reach concept small rightwing populist European parties at fringes political system. The article for necessity recognize pluralism...
This article challenges the common assumption that Ecuadorian educational system produces homogeneous mestizo national subjects. Educational institutions are racially segregated, produce differentiated racial and ethnic groups allow for little social mobility. The analyzes ambivalent ways in which whiteness is taught schools of elite, how middle classes prefer private religious or military where discipline emphasized discrimination exercised, ostracizing non-white students and/or...
This article analyzes the ambiguities of Bolivarianism on democracy. Led by Hugo Chávez, was an ideology and a strategy regime transformation democratization. Its populist language identified internal external enemies such as US imperialism elites that served interests. meant complexity national international politics simplified in these countries to struggle between two antagonistic camps: neoliberalism vs. socialism twenty-first century; bourgeois-liberal democracy against real democracy;...
This article analyzes the contours of populist citizenship as an alternative to neoliberal models consumption, and liberal that protect pluralism. It compares how political, socioeconomic, civil, collective, gender, GLBT rights were imagined implemented in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador. explains why despite expansion some rights, populists’ use discriminatory legalism regulate public sphere civil society led displacement democracy toward authoritarianism.