Armando Chaguaceda

Armando Chaguaceda

Political scientist and historian specializing in the study of democratization and autocratization in Russia and Latin America. Compiler and co-author of seven books, and author of over thirty-five academic articles on these subjects.

Students and professors in massive demonstration on March 15, 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia. Photo: Arocha.

The Authoritarian War on Academia

The current events in Serbia, involving the participation of students and academics in the ongoing protest movement, as well as the repression and censorship they have suffered at the hands of government…
CUBA. Rebels in Havana. 1959. Crowd awaits Carto to come on to balcony.

Cuba: A Critique of Despotic Reason

The silences, half-truths, concealments, and deceptions that the region's leftists dispense to their critical peers on the island and, in general, to the entire population are expensive. They impact thousands of concrete…