Vicky Murillo, political scientist and co-director of the CSSD working group Environmental Justice, co-authored an op-ed, “The Coup Temptation in Latin America,” which was featured in The New York Times. Her piece is a response to the aftermath of the ouster of Bolivia’s former president, Evo Morales, and argues that coups against elected governments - even populist governments with authoritarian tendencies - almost always shift countries in the less democratic directions.

For the full op-ed, read here.