Michael Ahn Paarlberg, Ph.D. | Source | Assistant Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University
Michael Ahn Paarlberg, Ph.D.
Michael Ahn Paarlberg, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University's College of Humanities and Sciences. He specializes in immigration, labor, security and Latin American politics. He is currently writing a book on transnational elections and diaspora politics in Mexico, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.
Paarlberg is also an associate fellow with the Institute for Policy Studies. He serves as an expert witness in U.S. immigration courts. He was Sen. Bernie Sanders' chief Latin America policy advisor for his 2020 presidential campaign. Full bio: https://politicalscience.vcu.edu/people/faculty/paarlberg.html
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Virginia Commonwealth University (https://www.vcu.edu/)
Assistant Professor of Political Science
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Analysis | Why El Salvador’s mass arrests won’t lower the murder rate
By promising to reduce homicides, politicians are forced to make deals with the gangs so they’ll turn murders into “disappearances.” An analysis by Michael Paarlberg.
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How will inflation affect remittances from the United States?
The flow of remittances could be affected as inflation rises and recession knocks on the country's doors. This is confirmed by experts in economics and some international financial organizations based in Washington, D.C. English translation of this article available here: https://eltiempolatino-com.translate.goog/2022/07/21/economia/inflacion-envio-de-remesas-desde-estados-unidos/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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How is a ‘state of exception’ changing El Salvador? | The Stream - Al Jazeera English
A 'state of exception' aimed at tackling gang violence in El Salvador entered its third month in June 2022, after lawmakers voted in favour of extending it once again. The emergency measures, backed by President Nayib Bukele and legislators from his Nuevas Ideas party, have been in effect since March 27. They were introduced in the wake of a weekend in which 87 people were killed in gang-related violence. Bukele and government ministers say the laws are needed to bring gangs to heel. The measures include restrictions on people’s right to assemble and allow authorities to hold people in detention without charge for up to 15 days, with the right to access a lawyer withheld. While El Salvador’s Ministry of Security says more than 37,000 “terrorists” have been arrested by the National Civil Police throughout the state of exception, human rights groups say many of those detained are entirely innocent. Michael Paarlberg of VCU shares his thoughts.
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“People have jobs, but the salaries are not high. So they spend more to meet their needs and have less money to send home to their families. Although there will be a fall, this will not be as serious as in the first year of the pandemic,” Michael Paarlberg, professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University and expert on Migration and Security in Latin America, told El Tiempo Latino in July 2022. Paarlberg described the impact of inflation in the U.S. on migrant workers who send money home to family.