Ideology

The Latin American political landscape on the right: security, economy and the dilemma of the center

Henning Suhr
Faced with a volatile and young electorate clamoring for change, the region faces the challenge of determining whether this rightward shift will bring lasting improvements or will simply be another political swing.
Bolivia
Elections in Bolivia: from the disappearance of the MAS to the fragmentation of the electorate
Chile
Chile: the end of the dictatorship–democracy cleavage
Democracy

Crime and Democracy: Latin America’s Crossroads

Marcela Ríos Tobar
The expansion of organized crime in Latin America no longer only threatens security; it also silently erodes institutions and puts democracy across the region at risk.
Elections

Colombia: the battle for the center

Sandra Botero
With no clear majorities and no room to move toward the extremes, the candidates are focusing their strategy on appealing to a moderate electorate that will decide the election.
Gender

Feminism: Between legal advances and political backlash

Susana Reina
Although feminism has accumulated legal advances in the region, the rise of political and cultural resistance calls into question their effective translation into women’s everyday lives.
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The Latin American dilemma facing artificial intelligence: adapt or design the future?

José Luis Sampietro Saquicela
Latin America faces a historic crossroads: to adapt to artificial intelligence designed by others, or to create its own technological future with justice and digital sovereignty.

From the gender gap to algorithmic bias: keys to inclusive AI

Cecilia Galván
The revolution of artificial intelligence faces its own mirror: algorithms also inherit the biases and inequalities of the society that creates them. Understanding this is key to building a truly inclusive AI.

Artificial Intelligence with real biases: New challenges for gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Gemma Galdon-Clavell   |   Ana Pirela-Rios
In a region marked by deep inequalities, artificial intelligence reflects and amplifies society’s gender biases, turning a technological challenge into a human development problem.

Democracy

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The Strait of Hormuz and the Fragility of the Global Energy System

William A. Clavijo
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz shows how a single critical chokepoint can destabilize the global energy system, exposing its profound fragility in the face of geopolitical conflicts.

The U.S.–Cuba Negotiation: Transition or Adaptive Resistance?

Carlos M. Rodríguez Arechavaleta
Dialogue between the countries reflects an asymmetric and limited negotiation, in which external pressure seeks structural change while the regime prioritizes its survival.
Corruption

Structural corruption and fragile democracies: the Latin...

Hugo Borsani
In Latin America, corruption is not an anomaly of the democratic system, but rather a structural cog that weakens it, fuels populism, and perpetuates inequality.
Populism

The real threat to democracy is not...

Maxwell Cameron   |   Federico M. Rossi
The crisis of democracy does not stem from mobilized masses, but from economic elites who, operating from within, have learned to govern without accountability.

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Peru seeks a new president

Milagros Campos
Peru heads into elections marked by political fragmentation, uncertainty, and a fatigued democracy that points to a decisive runoff.
Elections

Presidential Elections in Peru: Does Politics Matter?

Carlos Ugo Santander
Elections in Peru reveal a profound political crisis marked by fragmentation, weak party structures, and an economic model that erodes representation and democratic stability.
Autocracy

Voting is no longer enough: The crisis of contemporary democracy

Jesús Delgado Valery
The report warns that global democracy is experiencing a historic setback, in which elections no longer guarantee democratic systems in the face of the sustained advance of autocratization.

The Diplomatic Legacy of Marco Rubio

Sebastián Godínez Rivera
Marco Rubio’s speech in Munich outlines a pragmatic diplomacy that seeks to reorder the transatlantic alliance beyond the liberal consensus of the post–Cold War era.
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Global AI governance moves forward without Latin America, which adopts foreign rules while its voice remains absent from the tables where the digital future is decided.
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Professor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá) and PhD candidate in Law at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Specializing in migration movements, gender studies and Venezuelan politics.
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