Commentary and Public Writing
In reverse order:
22) Video Podcast, Apuntes Consituyentes: Sistema Político, 12/23/2020.
21) Chile’s Constitution Writers Are Very New to Politics, 5/20/2021, Americas Quarterly, with Jennifer Piscopo. Also featured in La Nación (Argentina).
20) Chile’s Constitutional Turning Point, 4/1/21, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.
19) Convención Constituyente: ¿Caras nuevas o las mismas de siempre?, 2/06/2021, CIPER Académico, with Jennifer Piscopo.
18) Op-Ed. Lecciones de América Latina para la democracia de EE.UU., La Tercera 1/15/2021. Also featured in Clarín (Argentina), Fohla de São Paulo and El Universal (Mexico), with Scott Morgenstern.
17) Democracy Nerd Podcast, Episode 20: Chile votes to rewrite its constitution, December 11, 2020.
16) Chile voted to write a new constitution. Will it promise more than the government can deliver? 10/30/2020, Washington Post, Monkey Cage, with Jennifer Piscopo
15) Chile abolishes its dictatorship-era constitution in groundbreaking vote for a more inclusive democracy, The Conversation 10/25/2020, with Jennifer Piscopo. Also featured in U.S. News and World Report.
14) Chile: Can the Constitutional Plebiscite Lead to a New Social Contract?, AULABLOG, American University, 1/9/2020.
13) Podcast for the FiveThirtyEight Primaries Project, https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-has-to-be-a-better-way-to-pick-presidential-nominees-right/, 1/3/2020.
12) Q & A “Amicable Ties between Argentina and Chile Warm Under Macri” World Politics Review. January 10, 2017.
11) Q & A “Bachelet’s Labor Policy Leaves No-one Happy in Chile” World Politics Review. On-line. November 29, 2016.
10) Negative Headlines Mask Bachelet’s Successful Reform Record in Chile World Politics Review. May 20, 2016, with Kirsten Sehnbruch.
9) Q & A “Government Missteps Exacerbate Chile’s Growing Corruption Problem” World Politics Review. On-line. April 20, 2016.
8) Op-Ed, Un actor por construír, La Tercera (Chile), 12/18/2014, with María de los
Ángeles Fernández.
7) Why victory for Bachelet in Chile is undeniable but bittersweet, 11/25/2103, Washington Post, Monkey Cage, with Kirsten Sehnbruch
6) Bachelet to be elected president of Chile, but then what?, 10/13/13 Washington Post, Monkey Cage, with Kirsten Sehnbruch.
5) Op-Ed, La élite en su laberinto, La Tercera (Chile), 11/20/2012, with María de los Angeles Fernández.
4) Chile’s Presidential Election and the Marco Enríquez-Ominami Factor: Insight from Patricio Navia’s El Díscolo, World Politics Review
3) Op-Ed, Entre enclaves y oportunidades, La Tercera (Chile), 6/10/2008, with María de los Ángeles Fernández.
2) Regular Contributing Political Columnist, Qué Pasa, (State-wide, North Carolina Spanish Language Newspaper), 2008 to 2010.
1) Contributions to the Latin American Advisor (Inter-American Dialogue: Washington, DC).
On widespread social protest in Chile, October 28, 2019.
On Chile’s economic growth prospects for 2019, August 29, 2019.
On the potential for pension reform under Chile’s Sebastián Piñera government, March 23, 2018.
On the victory of Sebastián Piñera in the 2017 Chilean presidential election, December 19, 2017.
On the departure of several of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet’s ministers, September 13, 2017.
On Sebastián Piñera’s electoral prospects in the Chilean presidential election, July 11, 2017.
On the Chilean student protest movement and educational reform, April 26, 2017.
On trends for 2017 in Latin America, December 23, 2016.
On the victory of the right in the Chilean municipal elections, November 8, 2016.
On the Bolivian government’s conflict with striking miners, September 9, 2016.
On defeat of Evo Morales’ in national plebiscite, February 23, 2016
On Chilean President Bachelet’s reform agenda, November 10, 2015.
On crisis of Bachelet Government in Chile, October 5, 2015.
On Bolivia’s efforts to regain access to the sea, May 26, 2015.
On the impact of Chile’s reform to its legislative election system, May 6, 2015.
On the Dávalos scandal plaguing the Chile’s Bachelet Government, March 11, 2015.
On Chilean President Bachelet’s declining poll numbers, December 22, 2014.
On security in Chile, September 23, 2014.
On Michelle Bachelet’s proposed political reforms in Chile, June 30, 2014.
On the slowing of the Chilean economy, March 13, 2014.
On the results of the first round of the Chilean Presidential Election, November 19, 2013.
On the state of the 2013 Chilean Presidential Election, August 9, 2013.
On US-Chilean relations following the Obama-Piñera meeting, June 21, 2013.
On the return and announced presidential candidacy of Michelle Bachelet, April 5, 2013.
On the defeat of the right in Chilean municipal elections, November 6, 2012.
On Chile’s cutting of import tariffs to 1%, May 23, 2012.
On the approval of Chile’s educational budget, December 16, 2011.
On student protests in Chile, June 23, 2011.
On political consequences of Chilean mine rescue, October 22, 2010.
On the results of the Chilean presidential election, January 27, 2010.
On Chilean-Bolivian relations, January 24, 2006.
On Chilean constitutional reform, July 20, 2005.
On Chilean-Argentine spying incident, November 24, 2003.