Recorded November 20, 2020
Below is the original description of the event.
This event examines two intertwined themes: the forces that shaped the outcome of the U.S. elections in November and the implications of the elections for the U.S. and the countries of Latin America.
Maria Echaveste has built a distinguished career working as a public policy consultant, lecturer, long-time community leader, corporate attorney, and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff during the second Clinton administration. She is a Senior Scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies and the President and CEO of the Opportunity Institute.
Daniel Coronell is an award-winning Colombian investigative journalist and the President for News for Univision in the United States. He has been editor in chief of the Colombian national newscasts Noticias Uno, NTC Noticias and Noticias RCN. He has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley and Senior Scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies.
Paul Pierson is the John Gross Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. Pierson’s teaching and research includes the fields of American politics and public policy, comparative political economy, and social theory. His most recent book with Jacob S. Hacker is Let Them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality.