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Carlos de la Torre is Director of the UF Center for Latin American Studies. He has a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research. He was a fellow at the Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars.
RESEARCH INTERESTS Populism, democratization, and authoritarianism; racism and citizenship in the Americas.
GEOGRAPHIC EXPERTISE Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia
COURSES Global populism: what can we learn from Latin America? Racism and citizenship in the Americas
His most recent books are The Routledge Handbook of Global Populism, (Routlege, 2019); Populisms a Quick Immersion, (Tibidabo Editions, 2019), De Velasco a Correa: Insurreciones, populismo y elecciones en Ecuador, (Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, 2015), The Promise and Perils of Populism, (The University Press of Kentucky, 2015), Latin American Populism of the Twenty-First Century, co-edited with Cynthia Arnson, (The Johns Hopkins University Press and the Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2013), and Populist Seduction in Latin America, (Ohio University Press, second edition 2010).
Florida-Brazil Linkage Institute
Director |
Carlos De La Torre Espinosa |
Phone | (352) 273-4712 |
Website | http://www.latam.ufl.edu/Research/fbi.stm |
Mission | The Institute links the resources of Florida's state universities and community colleges with those of state government and business to forge a network of partnerships with Brazilian educational, government, and private sector institutions in pursuit of economic development goals. This network serves interest groups in Florida and in Brazil by providing opportunities for education and training as well as for activities related to trade and business promotion, cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and cultural exchange. |
Center for Latin-American Studies
Director |
Carlos De La Torre Espinosa |
Phone | (352) 392-0375 |
Website | http://www.latam.ufl.edu/ |
Mission | The Center’s mission is to advance knowledge about Latin America and the Caribbean and its peoples throughout the Hemisphere, and to enhance the scope and quality of research, teaching, and outreach in Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies at the University of Florida. |