Former Kellogg Institute Dissertation Year Fellow and Visiting Fellow David AltmanIn a two-part series called "Democracy Faces Major Stress Test in Latin America," CNN interviewed former Kellogg Dissertation Year Fellow (1998-99) and Visiting Fellow (Fall 2012) David Altman, professor of political science at the Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC, Pontifical University of Chile). 

“There is a threat of contagion, of diffusion, of these authoritarian trends,” he explained in the second part.

Click here to read a transcript of the full story, which also aired on NBC.