CLAS Speaker Series: Drug trafficking, repression, and foreign mercenaries: a transnational perspective on the García Meza dictatorship in Bolivia

Activity Type: 
Lecture
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Presenter: 
Dr. Vito Ruggiero
Date: 
Thursday, September 18, 2025 - 13:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall and Zoom

Vito Ruggiero is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at Ca' Foscari University in Venice. He is currently working on a European Commission-funded project entitled: "Drug Trafficking and Politics: Structuring and Adaptation of Organized Crime in Bolivia's Last Authoritarian Decade (1971–1982). He is the author of the book The Anti-Communist Dream: Italian Neo-Fascists in Latin America (Roma Tre University Press, 2023).

UCIS Unit: 
Center for Latin American Studies
World Regions: 
Latin America
Is Event Already in University Calendar?: 
Yes
Pitt Undergrads: 
4
Pitt Grad Students: 
11
University Calendar ID: 
50692227342556