Cosponsored Flash Panel: Central American Democracy in Peril? New Findings from El Salvador in Context
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Is the democratic experiment over in El Salvador? With control of the legislative assembly and presidency, the government of El Salvador has recently taken dramatic steps to remove key officials without due process, closed the semi-autonomous body in charge of investigating corruption, and threatened civil society and the media. In response, the US has limited its engagement with the Salvadoran government on key issues, including migration. The University Institute for Public Opinion at the University of Central America (UCA) recently polled Salvadorans on the direction of their country and what these developments mean for migration.
Join us as we explore their findings and what they mean for development and migration in the region with experts from the UCA and the University of Notre Dame.
Visit the Pulte Institute's page for more information and to register.
This event is brought to you by the Pulte Institute for Global Development's Central America Research Alliance (CARA), and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both part of the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs. CARA is a research partnership network focused on evidence-based advocacy.
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Michael Coppedge
Michael Coppedge is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, where he is a faculty fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. His research interests include democratization and the quality of democracy; Latin American parties and party systems; Venezuelan politics; and comparative politics methodology. He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 1995...![](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/Cordova-sq.jpg?itok=jjL82GKP)
Abby Córdova
Abby Córdova is an associate professor of global affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs whose research integrates topics related to crime, violence, gender and economic inequality, and international migration. Her work uses experimental and non-experimental research designs, as well as advanced statistical methods...![Scott Mainwaring Scott Mainwaring](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/Mainwaring.jpg?itok=Gcg8vtbo)