Date and Location

November 12, 2025
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET
L-130

Contact

617-495-1360

Study Group with Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte: The Global South at the Helm: Power, People, and Planet in the 21st Century


To weave together the semester’s core themes — from demographic shifts and urbanization to the geopolitics of climate, migration, trade, and governance — and challenge students to envision the Global South not as a periphery, but as a central force shaping the global future.


AUDIENCE: These conversations are open to members of the Harvard community. Please RSVP with a valid Harvard email address. 


OFF-THE-RECORD: In keeping with our long tradition at the IOP to ensure honest and candid discussions of politics, all IOP study groups are off-the-record.


Speakers and Presenters

Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte, IOP Fall 2025 Resident Fellow; U.S. Ambassador to Panama (2022-2025) and to El Salvador (2010-2011)

Organizer

Institute of Politics (IOP)