12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Over 20 scholars from Latin America, Africa, Asia, postcommunist Europe, and the United States to discuss how political clientelism affects social policy and the quality of democracy in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, India, postcommunist Europe, and Africa.
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Experts discussed the various ways by which governments in Latin America are using financial, legal, and administrative pressures to influence media coverage.
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
The panel discussed growing international unease over the direction of press freedom in Ukraine, particularly reversals of press freedom under Victor Yanukovych.