Podcast: The Rise of Successful Political Outsiders in Latin America: Lessons Learned from Argentine President Javier Milei

Join our Review of Democracy Latin American Global Forum Editor Gabriel Pereira as he hosts Andrés Malamud, a leading scholar of Latin American politics, to discuss a crucial development in current political affairs: the rise of successful political outsiders in Latin America.

The podcast focuses on and draws lessons from the experience of current Argentine president Javier Milei. It delves into pivotal questions: How do outsiders get elected in a political system designed to secure electoral competition among established political leaders? How do they navigate constraints posed by legislatures dominated by opposition? Does the rise of political outsiders from the global north influence the progress of these Latin American leaders? Does the radical right-wing ideology of outsiders make them more effective? What are the lessons for understanding current Latin American politics?

Andrés Malamud  (PhD European University Institute, 2003) is a senior research fellow at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa. He is a recurring visiting professor at universities in Buenos Aires, Milan, and Salamanca, and has been visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute of International Law (Heidelberg) and the University of Maryland, College Park. His research interests include comparative regional integration, foreign policy, democracy and political institutions, EU Studies, and Latin American politics. His work has been published in such journals as Political Studies, Latin American Research Review, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Journal of European Integration, Latin American Politics and Society, Brazilian Political Science Review, and European Political Science. He served in the executive committee of the Latin American Political Science Association (ALACIP) and as secretary-general of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP).