Vito Ruggiero

Vito Ruggiero is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His work bridges Italy and Latin America through historical analysis of neo-fascist networks, transnational repression, and Cold War political alliances.

• Host Institution: Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Partner Institution: University of Pittsburgh
• Duration: 2025–2028

Research focuses on:

• Neo-fascist movements in Latin America
• Operation Condor and transnational repression
• Cold War-era political alliances
• Forced disappearances and historical memory
• Black economies in dictatorships
• Exile and criminal networks

Recent publications analyze:

• Transnational neo-fascist networks
• Italian-Chilean dictatorship collaborations
• Plan Cóndor historiography
• Cold War militant circulation
• Paraguayan asylum policies
• Neo-fascist cultural bridges

Scientific Awards:

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
• University of Pittsburgh Visiting Fellowship
• National Security Archive Fellowship

Ruggiero actively contributes to academic debates on Cold War violence and political transnationalism, with fieldwork experiences in the U.S. and Italy.