@raschwartz.bsky.social
Assistant Professor & Director of the Center for the Americas at the University of Oklahoma studying legacies of conflict, democracy, and rule of law in Central America; author of Undermining the State from Within (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
🎙️ In our new podcast produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @raschwartz.bsky.social discusses how logistical failures, elite conflict, and long-term democratic erosion combined to the uncertainty surrounding the elections in Honduras. 🇭🇳🇭🇳🗳️
🎧 Listen now:
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When do corrupt incumbents agree to independent international anti-corruption commissions? This article finds that government insiders and civil society orgs can work together and leverage their agenda-setting power & expertise to ensure the autonomy of hybrid anti-corruption initiatives.
26.01.2026 21:37 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0New article on Fast Track by @raschwartz.bksy.social “International Anti-Corruption Commissions: Explaining Institutional Design and Autonomy,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
26.01.2026 21:37 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0🇭🇳 🗳️ Wondering what's going on with Honduras' election chaos? Me too! In any case, I've tried to make sense of how the country arrived at the current moment and what might be in store in this essay for @jodemocracy.bsky.social 👇
04.12.2025 18:49 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Guy who allegedly said that he wants to “shove the drugs up the noses of the gringos” and was convicted for systematically colluding in major drug trafficking operations, pardoned.
80+ people accused of drug running in the Caribbean w/o evidence, extrajudicially executed.
Let that sink in.
Good news—Dr. Abedini has been released!!! Thanks to everyone who shared and mobilized 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
25.11.2025 07:58 — 👍 296 🔁 75 💬 2 📌 6
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
24.11.2025 23:05 — 👍 394 🔁 277 💬 6 📌 11
Nos acompañen mañana miércoles 19 de noviembre a las 10am (hora de Centroamérica) para una conversación virtual sobre el escenario electoral en Honduras 🇭🇳🗳️
Enlace para registrarse: bit.ly/4pn7zjz
¡Queda una semana para postular! El “Kellogg Institute’s Visiting Fellowship Program: (docentes, posdoctorales y Hewlett) impulsa la investigación sobre democracia global en Notre Dame. Cierra el 1 de octubre de 2025. ¡Solicita ya!
kellogg.nd.edu/opportunitie...
One week left to apply! The Kellogg Institute’s Visiting Fellowship Program supports interdisciplinary research on global democracy through seminars, lectures & exchange at Notre Dame. Don’t miss your chance! Applications close October 1, 2025.
kellogg.nd.edu/opportunitie...
📢 Call for Applications | LASA 2026
One week left! LAPIS is sponsoring panels on political institutions for LASA 2026! Selected panels are guaranteed acceptance. Submit your proposal by August 8 using this form:
🔗 forms.gle/EhLLj5fkdWba...
📢 Convocatoria abierta | LASA 2026
¡Falta una semana! LAPIS patrocina paneles sobre instituciones políticas para LASA 2026. ¡Los paneles seleccionados tienen aceptación garantizada! Postula antes del 8 de agosto aquí:
🔗 forms.gle/EhLLj5fkdWba...
LAPIS los invita a enviar propuestas para paneles patrocinados sobre instituciones políticas para LASA 2026. Postulece antes del 8 de agosto a través de este formulario: forms.gle/EhLLj5fkdWba.... Los paneles seleccionados tendrán aceptación garantizada en la conferencia.
22.07.2025 00:15 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 4LAPIS invites applications for sponsored panels on political institutions for LASA 2026. Apply by Aug 8 via this form: forms.gle/EhLLj5fkdWba.... Selected panels are guaranteed conference acceptance.
22.07.2025 00:14 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 3
The latest episode of our Global Stage podcast features @raschwartz.bsky.social discussing state-building, corruption, and accountability in post-war Central America with @isabelguiza.bsky.social. Listen in English or Spanish at bit.ly/42QqMS4 or wherever you get your podcasts.
17.04.2025 18:07 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Congrats to the 2024 Donna Lee Van Cott Award winners!
Back to Black – @ddemicheli.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
Agrarian Elites and Democracy in Latin America – B. Fernández
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Thanks to @sboteroc.bsky.social, N. Pavao &
@raschwartz.bsky.social
Felicitaciones a les ganadores del Donna Lee Van Cott 2024!
Back to Black– @ddemicheli.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
Agrarian Elites and Democracy in Latin America– B. Fernández: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Gracias a @sboteroc.bsky.social, N. Pavao &
@raschwartz.bsky.social
Interested in post-war state reconstruction? Listen to our latest @kellogginstitute.bsky.social Global Stage podcast! @raschwartz.bsky.social discusses her fantastic work on the state, corruption & human rights in Guatemala and Nicaragua podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
14.04.2025 13:09 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Must-read article by @lgamboa.bsky.social on the lessons of resistance to autocratization around the world
31.03.2025 13:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New episode today of #CentralAmericaInMinutes👇
14.02.2025 15:39 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Excited to share my latest #OpenAccess publication!
I develop a theory on how courts can counter executive aggrandizement—even in unlikely contexts—offering a fresh perspective on #DemocraticResilience.
I welcome any feedback, reactions, or questions!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
LAPIS abre convocatorias para el premio Donna Lee Van Cott al mejor libro sobre instituciones políticas en América Latina (2024) y mejor paper LASA 2024.
🗓 Fecha límite: 26 de enero, 2024
Link: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
@sboteroc.bsky.social @raschwartz.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social
LAPIS announces the call for the Donna Lee Van Cott Award for the best book on political institutions in Latin America (2024) and the best LASA 2024 paper.
🗓 Deadline: January 26, 2024.
Link: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
@sboteroc.bsky.social @raschwartz.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social
📚Teaching LatAm Politics? Here's my undergrad syllabus for this semester. I'm assigning my book for the first time, but also new stuff from @azulaguiar.bsky.social, @rcastrocornejo.bsky.social, @raschwartz.bsky.social, & many more. Check it out. 👇
drive.google.com/file/d/1Zl77...
In 2012, I got to clip a lapel mic to Jimmy Carter’s tie. I did a very bad job. And just as you’d expect, he was exceedingly kind to me despite this.
May his memory be a blessing.
LAPIS abre convocatorias para el premio Donna Lee Van Cott al mejor libro sobre instituciones políticas en América Latina (2024) y mejor paper LASA 2024.
🗓 Fecha límite: 26 de enero, 2024
Link: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
@sboteroc.bsky.social @raschwartz.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social
LAPIS announces the call for the Donna Lee Van Cott Award for the best book on political institutions in Latin America (2024) and the best LASA 2024 paper.
🗓 Deadline: January 26, 2024.
Link: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
@sboteroc.bsky.social @raschwartz.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social
Hoy anunciamos el lanzamiento del Archivo Independiente de Medios de Centroamérica @elarchivomedia.bsky.social (CAIMA), un esfuerzo sin precedentes para preservar el periodismo independiente en la región. 🌎✍️
www.linkedin.com/posts/el-arc...
Timely joining bsky on the date "Bringing War Back In" was published worldwide with Cambridge UP. Check it out if you are interested in how war makes states also in its aftermath, and how the wars of a distant past explain the variation of state capacity within Latin America until today.
21.11.2024 10:49 — 👍 49 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 1
🔴 Twitter y X (más aún) reprodujo y amplificó desigualdades de género.
📛 Y catapultó el acoso y la violencia digital contra las mujeres.
✅ Podemos evitar que ocurra otra vez.
Desde la Red de Politólogas hacemos nuestra contribución a poner sobre la mesa que hay expertas. #NoSInMujeres