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Ioni Abelson: “Marketing has a lot to contribute to political communication”
Yehonatan (known as Ioni) Abelson was part of the team that developed Gabriel Boric’s strategy for the 2021 Chilean presidential election alongside Sebastián Kraljevich. He later worked on the campaign strategy for Bernardo Arévalo, who won the 2023 presidential election in Guatemala. Ioni Abelson, an Argentine national, also played a key role in the strategy…
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Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris: U.S. Election Campaign. Conversation with Ioni Abelson
Yehonatan Abelson—known as “Ioni”—is a managing partner at Bia Consulting. He is Argentine, and for his age, he has extensive experience working on election campaigns and with governments in many countries across the continent. He also studied in the United States and worked there as well. That’s why we chose him to discuss what’s at…
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Facundo Cruz: “The single paper ballot in Argentina is a revolution”
Facundo Cruz is a political scientist, a professor at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and UBA, and a researcher specializing in electoral systems and political behavior. He is the author of Socios, pero no tanto (Eudeba), an analysis of political parties and electoral coalitions between 2003 and 2015, and co-author of Después del terremoto, on the Argentine political system…
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Shila Vilker: “To study public opinion, you have to set aside your biases”
Shila Vilker is the director of Trespuntozero, the public opinion consulting firm that was one of the most talked-about during the 2023 election campaign due to the accuracy of its predictions. With a bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and a master’s degree in Culture and Communication from the University of Buenos Aires, she spent years…
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Sebastián Flores Muga: “If Lenin were alive, he’d use TikTok”
Sebastián Flores Muga is a Chilean journalist and communications professional specializing in digital media and new formats. He began his career at Las Últimas Noticias, Chile’s most widely read newspaper covering popular culture and entertainment, and from there built a career that led him to become digital editor of CNN Chile and communications advisor to…
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Celeste Tossolini (from Mexico): “AMLO and Claudia Sheinbaum are examples of representation”
We are facing a very important moment for all of Latin America: Claudia Sheinbaum’s inauguration in Mexico following the largest election in Mexico’s history. That’s why we spoke with Celeste Tossolini, a political scientist at the National University of Córdoba. She is Argentine, lives in Mexico, and has been closely following and commenting on the…
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Interview with Mario Russo: Milei’s consultant in 2021 who now advises Guillermo Moreno
By Lucas Malaspina and Iván Sverdlick (edited by Agustín Cesio and Diego Sánchez), interview from September 2022 Mario Russo is currently a consultant to Guillermo Moreno, as political journalist Manuel Jove had anticipated. His role with Milei in 2021 was later taken over by Santiago Caputo, and he has just given a fiery interview to…
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Eduardo Jozami (1939-2024): Remembering a Former Client
We finished a recording, and I got the message: “Jozami died.” I met him in February 2019. He was already 79 or 80 years old, I think. Eduardo wanted to position himself for elections in the City of Buenos Aires, and as we talked, he became convinced that the best thing to do was to…
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Daniela Barbieri: “A presidential debate lasts as long as what circulates after it”
We spoke with sociologist and consultant Daniela Barbieri about the work of Pulsar UBA, the impact of presidential debates, shifts in presidential approval ratings, and the role of research in political communication. Today we’re joined by Daniela Barbieri, a sociologist from the University of Buenos Aires with a master’s degree from George Washington University (GWU).…
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Natalia Aruguete: “The levels of self-censorship in the face of Milei are highly systematic”
The first time I saw her was in 2017, during a graduate program at FLACSO, and I was impressed by her knowledge and teaching style. Natalia Aruguete is a researcher at CONICET, holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the National University of Quilmes—where she also teaches—and is a professor at Austral University. She contributes columns…
