Justin Vogler works as a freelance journalist based in Chile, teaches political science in the socio-economics department of Valparaiso University and is studying for a PhD at the department of peace studies at Bradford University, England. He has spent twelve years travelling and working on development projects in southeast Asia and Latin America and is a regular contributor to the English-language daily, the Santiago Times.

Recent articles

A youthful maverick is galvanising Chile's elite-dominated electoral contest to choose a successor to the popular Michelle Bachelet. Is this the end of Latin America's most effective governing coalition, asks Justin Vogler.

(This article was first published on 17 August 2009) 

Michelle Bachelet has an impressive record as Chile's president. The country's old political elite is too busy to notice as it seeks to ensure that an antiquated baron will succeed her, says Justin Vogler.

Bolivia's current round of political turmoil has seen peasants massacred, diplomats expelled and gas reserves contested. Justin Vogler asks if South American diplomacy can save the country from implosion.

(This article was first published on 17 September 2008)

There is political sadness as well as spectacle in Hugo Chávez's spat with the king of Spain, reports Justin Vogler in Santiago.

The full exposure of the Augusto Pinochet network's crimes offers only temporary respite for Chile's embattled president, Michelle Bachelet. Justin Vogler, in Santiago, reports.