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Against the usurpers: whether dictators or imperialists

The Venezuelan crisis does not mean to choose between the Chavista authoritarian rule and unilateral imperial intervention from the U.S. Both represent unacceptable forms of usurpation of sovereignty and democratic will.
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The questions surrounding the reform of Mexico’s electoral system

With a legislative majority and a consultation process underway, Claudia Sheinbaum's government is pushing for a new electoral reform that opens the debate on its true objectives and its effects on competition and political plurality in Mexico.

Chavismo without Maduro: survival, negotiation and power in a new geopolitical scenario

Nicolás Maduro's forced exit doesn't spell the end of Chavismo, but rather the beginning of a survival strategy based on internal cohesion, negotiation with the United States, and adaptation to a new geopolitical order.

Venezuela: the chapter that closed, the country that remains

Maduro’s fall ends an era, but Venezuela’s democratic future remains uncertain amid violence, fragmentation, and foreign intervention.
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AI

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

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.

Artificial intelligence in electoral campaigns: How and for what

Artificial intelligence is redefining electoral campaigns: it can either strengthen democracy or become its greatest threat.

From whales to algorithms: why Latin America can lead a nature-inspired AI

Biomimicry could pave the way to more efficient and sustainable AI architectures. Latin America, with 60% of global biodiversity, has strategic advantages to lead this transition, provided it strengthens infrastructure, regulation and regional scientific cooperation.

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Venezuela after Maduro: three questions that will decide the transition

A decisive scenario is unfolding in Venezuela where, beyond Maduro, control of weapons, money, and the rules of the game will determine the fate of the democratic transition.

Imperialist recipes besiege Latin American economies

Trade pressures from the United States, disguised as bilateral agreements, erode multilateralism and deepen Latin America's economic vulnerability.

Democracy on Trial

Brazilian democracy is not only putting a former president on trial: it is measuring its own capability to withstand and learn from the crisis.

The intricate road to democracy in Venezuela:...

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado recognizes her peaceful struggle for Venezuelan democracy and rekindles hope for change in the country.

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Australia: a glimmer of hope

With the ban on access to social media for those under 16, Australia shines a light on the global debate about how to protect children and adolescents from the excesses of an unregulated digital ecosystem.

2025: America in realignment

The year 2025 left democracies alive but exhausted and a reconfigured political map. Amid fears and emergencies, the majority chose security. Are we facing a drift toward a punitive order?

Unfulfilled expectations of democracy in Latin America

If the system does not guarantee freedoms, justice, participation, and equality, other actors—often authoritarian and populist—will fill that void.

Who controls power? Judicial elections in Bolivia and Mexico

Between the promise of democratizing justice and the risk of subjecting it to political power, judicial elections in Bolivia and Mexico reopen a key question.
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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.
Political scientist and economist. PhD from the University of Toronto. Senior Editor at Global Brief Magazine. Social Research Design Specialist at RIWI Corp. (Real-Time Interactive World-Wide Intelligence).
Political scientist. Professor and researcher at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). PhD in Political Science from IUPERJ (current IESP / UERJ). Researcher at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) - Núcleo Europa.
Associate Researcher at the Center for the Study of State and Society - CEDES (Buenos Aires). Author of "Latin America Global Insertion, Energy Transition, and Sustainable Development", Cambridge University Press, 2020.
PhD in Health Promotion. Member of the International Advisory Board of The Lancet Global Health and member of the Steering Committee of the Thematic Working Group on Health Systems in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings of Health Systems Global Health.