Lya Cuellar

Journalist
Alharaca
Lya Cuellar
Photo credit / Image credit
Rodrigo Dada

Journalist and political scientist with bylines in outlets in Germany and Central America. In 2019, she founded Alharaca, a Central American media start-up considered a trailblazer for feminist journalism in Latin America. In addition to journalism, she works for civil society organisations in Germany and Latin America in the field of communication and project management. She is currently working on two multilingual podcast formats.

Sessions

The age of the “cool” dictator: Lessons from the Latin American fight against the new far-right

Lya Cuellar, Grasa Guevara

Far-right parties and politicians worldwide seem stronger than ever. If Bukele and Milei are the new blueprint for the global far-right, we should listen those fighting their narratives. What can we learn from the resistance in El Salvador and Argentina? Can and should we work together?
Democracy
Populism
shift to the right
Politics & Society
Atrium 2
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Talk
English
Conference