Disinformation

Who protects the conditions for public debate?

Janaína Ruviaro da Silva
Disinformation and algorithms are transforming public debate in Latin America. Protecting democracy requires strengthening journalism, platform transparency, media literacy, and institutional trust.
Cuba

Cuba and the Limits of Isolation

Armando Chaguaceda   |   César Eduardo Santos
Despite its deep economic crisis, Cuba retains an international influence greater than its material weight thanks to a broad network of governments, political parties, trade unions, and social organizations that support the regime.
Inequality

The invisible map of inequality: What child malnutrition reveals in Latin America

Ronald Jonathan Cañarte Siguencia
Chronic child malnutrition is often understood as a problem of food and nutrition. However, it also reveals something deeper: the territorial inequalities that shape...
Social networks

Hostages or strategists? Party discourse in the face of algorithmic dictatorship

Pavel Sidorenko Bautista
In the context of the attention economy, recommendation systems interpret narrative moderation as a lack of relevance. What do political parties competing in contexts of extreme polarization do to make themselves heard?
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AI

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Brazil and AI diplomacy: lessons for Colombia and Bolivia

Roberto García Alonso   |   Ulf Thoene
Brazil is banking on AI as a cornerstone of its technological sovereignty and diplomacy, whilst Colombia and Bolivia face the challenge of translating regulation into tangible capabilities.

The truth in times of synthetic images

Daniel Andrés Mosquera   |   Yolanda Suárez Topete
In the era of synthetic images, artificial intelligence blurs the boundary between seeing and believing, eroding shared truth and democratic trust.

AI and digital refuge: How technology is redesigning our bonds

Constanza Cilley
In Latin America, artificial intelligence no longer merely connects us; it has become a digital refuge that replaces part of our bonds.

Democracy

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After the World Cup: The pitch also signals a new global order

Luis Miguel Santibáñez Suárez
The World Cup reflected an increasingly multipolar world and offered a lesson for Latin America: autonomy and development require strong institutions, sustained investment, and a strategy of its own.

Washing one’s hands by blaming China

Ottón Solís
The West blames China for its industrial weaknesses, but it would do better to learn from China’s investment, planning, and long-term policies—lessons far more valuable than trade wars and anti-China rhetoric.
Soccer

Football as a mirror: the World Cup...

Santiago Rodríguez-Solórzano
Every four years, we think the FIFA World Cup is only about football. But all it takes is a closer look to realize that it also speaks about democracy, inequality, institutions, leadership, and the rules of the game.
USA

The Americas at 250: A Shared Democratic...

Jeffery A Tobin
Rather than simply celebrating the legacy of 1776, the democracies of the Americas face the challenge of proving that they can still deliver results for their citizens.

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No Fair Play: Taking Stock of the World Cup

Ariel Dulitzky
Beyond Spain's victory, the World Cup once again exposed FIFA's contradictions: politicized decision-making, a lack of transparency, commercial interests, and the uneven enforcement of its rules on human rights, discrimination, and freedom of expression.
Governance

The challenge of governing a changing climate

José Luis Sampietro Saquicela
Global warming is altering the climate patterns that for decades guided the planning of cities, infrastructure, and agricultural production. Faced with an increasingly uncertain future, Latin America must move beyond relying solely on historical records and invest in adaptation and resilience.
financial market

Financial Redundancy: The New Architecture of Development Finance

Danilo Desiderio
As global development finance becomes increasingly fragmented, developing countries are seeking to establish alternative channels to secure the flow of capital. Yet this financial redundancy also brings risks: rising debt burdens, greater administrative complexity, and a persistent dependence on the world's leading reserve currencies.

The last ownerless territory: Antarctica and the 2048 window

Florencia Davidzon
As 2048 approaches, Antarctica's greatest challenge is no longer sovereignty, but the construction of a global framework to protect the last territory without an owner.
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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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