Cecilia Lero is a political scientist and former civil society activist, campaign strategist, and congressional staffer in the Philippines. She completed a Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of São Paulo. Her research focuses on democratization/autocratization processes, social movements, and political violence.
Want to distract the public? Little works better than family feuds ripped from soap opera plotlines. That’s how the Marcos and Duterte clans keep people glued to the drama while crowding out democratic reform.
