Articles by Luciana Santana

May 19, 2021

How South America’s leaders have mishandled the Covid-19 pandemic

Luciana Santana

Despite their constitutional powers, South American presidents have not managed the Covid-19 pandemic effectively, write Marta Rocha, Luciana Santana and Magna Inácio. This is worrying in a region desperate to overcome economic decline, inequality, unemployment, and extreme poverty

Luciana Santana

Adjunct Professor, Federal University of Alagoas / Professor in Political Science, Federal University of Piauí

Luciana holds a Master's and PhD in Political Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, which included a doctoral internship at the University of the University of Salamanca.

She leads the research group Institutions, Political Behavior and Democracy.

Luciana is also a researcher at Rede Politologas, and she currently coordinates the project State Governments and Actions to Combat the Covid-19 Pandemic, in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Political Science.

Follow her on Twitter @lucfsantana1812

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