Javier Corrales

Javier Corrales is Dwight W. Morrow 1895 Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. His most recent book is Autocracy Rising: How Venezuela Transitioned to Authoritarianism (2022).
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October 2024, Volume 35, Issue 4

How Organized Crime Threatens Latin America

Drug cartels possess the power of militaries, the profits of corporations, and the coercive capacity of a state. They will not be eliminated any time soon. But the region’s democracies can seek to raise their costs, limit their influence, and curb the violence.

January 2011, Volume 22, Issue 1

Latin America: A Setback for Chávez

Hugo Chávez has been running a bounded competitive-authoritarian regime for some time, but its ability to compete is now slipping. Will this tend to make it less authoritarian—or even more so?