Alejandro Trelles will share his impressions and fieldwork experience in Venezuela during a critical moment of economic crisis , violence and social unrest. Format. Brief intro and Q&A. Alejandro Trelles is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds an MA in political science from the same university and a BA in political science from ITAM in Mexico City. His research interests are bureaucracy, electoral institutions, political parties and representation in Latin America and Africa. He works as a Principal Investigator in the Public Mapping Project Mexico (http://www.publicmapping.org/) and he is currently doing fieldwork in Caracas, Mexico City, Accra and Nairobi. More information can be found in www.alejandrotrelles.com.