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How will the Central American leaders face Trump’s policies?

Nicolás Cabrera-Schneider

Trump's policies toward Central America will directly impact several of the factors that drive migration: unemployment, poverty and violence.

Trump’s isolationist policy: risk or opportunity for China in the region?

Panama: a quarter of a century that may go to the dustbin of history

Terrorism

Cartels designated as ‘terrorist organizations’ in Mexico

Ernesto Hernández López

It is not enough for the president to say that she is in tune with the U.S. government in the fight against what are now considered 'terrorist organizations'; action must be taken.

Obesity

Obesity and the Impact of a Growing Crisis

José Julio Villalba

In Latin America, one in four adults lives with obesity and the region has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the world.

Polarization

Lessons from a frenetic month

Manuel Alcántara

The new order that began to be enshrined on January 20 with President Trump’s inaugural speech and his frenzied issuance of executive orders in...

Neoliberalism

This Is How Neoliberalism Handed Over the Canal to Panama

Carlos A. Gordón B.

Policy

When Politics Becomes a Couple’s Project

Sebastián Godínez Rivera

Biodiversity

Why are Indigenous lands key to conserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change?

Pedro Laterra

True inclusion implies respecting the diversity of visions and allowing Indigenous peoples to be the protagonists of their own development, without imposing conservation models.

Peace and Nature: Reflections from Imperfection

Gisele Didier | Diana Morales

COP16 brought to the debate on biodiversity conservation discussions and reflections that have been addressed by the field of study called “environmental peace building”.

International trade and biodiversity loss in Latin America: part of the problem and part of the solution?

Matías Mastrangelo

The South American Gran Chaco is capable of absorbing large amounts of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and is home to a rich biological and cultural diversity.

Democracy challenges

Elon Musk, the genie out of the bottle

Guillermo Tell Aveledo Coll

Trump's victory back in the White House may be the South African tycoon's most successful investment, moving from risk-taker to king-maker.

Reconciliation with Politics

Manuel Alcántara

In the last month, a sequence of diverse events can be considered to argue for the existence of a favorable arena of evident reconciliation with politics.

Elections

Compulsory voting and the challenges of democracy...

Jorge Fábrega

Compulsory voting is a common feature in Latin America:...

Politics

Ideas to save democracy (also in Latin...

Enrique Gomáriz Moraga

Make no mistake: democracy is not a social welfare program, but primarily a political system for making collective decisions peacefully.

Disinformation

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Iran’s ambitions in Latin America

Sergio Castaño

HispanTV has been identified as a propaganda tool of the Iranian regime and criticized for disseminating disinformation. However, the alternative approach it offers to international reality has managed to connect with broad sectors of the Latin American left.

Elections

Mexico: falsehood is a constant in the debates

Claudia Pérez Flores

Mexico: falsehood is a constant in the debates

Disinformation

The impact of AI on democratic politics: risk or opportunity?

Camila Cassis | Teresa Bastiani | Fabián Echegaray

There are many challenges in integrating artificial intelligence into institutional processes and political engineering, and there is no consensus on its advantages. This double reading will condition innovations and fuel demands for external regulation.

Elections 2024: the risks of disinformation

Alberto Ruiz Méndez

The risk of polarization is that it generates a social fracture that could lead us to an all-or-nothing result. The vote would not be for the support or rejection of a political platform, but a tool to silence those voices with which we differ.

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Disinformation

Musk and Zuckerberg's opportunistic approach to Donald Trump has little to do with defending free speech and everything to do with defending the freedom of their companies.

Jerónimo Giorgi

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Elections

Will Puerto Rico become the 51st state of the United States?

Héctor A. Ríos Maury

Debates

The reality of wages in Venezuela

PH9 Medio Digital

Primary elections

Brainstorming in the midst of Argentina’s political storm

Santiago Leiras

Demography

Cuba’s demographic catastrophe

José Gabriel Barrenechea

Gender

Progress and setbacks to gender equality in Argentina

Constanza Cilley

Mexico

Mexico’s main challenges in 2023

Ernesto Hernández Norzagaray

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Nastassja Rojas Silva

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.

The progressive paradox: Petro’s regressive measures against Venezuelan migration

What’s happening with migrant processing centers in Latin America?

Alejandro García Magos

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).

Challenges to electoral polls in the digital era

Mexico 2024: mediocre candidates and democracy at risk

Ana Paula Tostes

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.

Against the Tide: The EU-Mercosur Agreement and Trump’s Trade Policy

Poison and power

Leonardo Stanley

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.

Is advancing hydrocarbon exploitation a risk for Argentina?

Energy transition and external restriction: where is the region headed?

Irene Torres

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.

A Vision for PAHO/WHO from and for Latin America

Inequities in Health Across the Life Cycle

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Health, climate and environment
in Latin America and the Caribbean

The compendium "Health, climate and environment in Latin America and the Caribbean", produced in partnership with the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and supported by the World Meteorological Organization, explores the complexities of climate and environmental crises in the region. The texts in the book, written by leading experts and academics, address the challenges and risks of the region in the midst of climate and environmental crises.

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VIOLENCE AGAINST SCHOOLS IN BRAZIL
Perspectives on extremism among youth and prevention strategies

This book, co-organized with the Aurora Institute, seeks to raise awareness about violence against schools in Brazil and promote a qualified discussion on the subject. The book gathers 7 articles written by 13 specialists from academia and civil society organizations that analyze from different perspectives the growing violence in schools in Brazil, its roots, modalities and consequences. The articles also present recommendations for actions and public policies to prevent this phenomenon and make school communities part of the solution.

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Impacts of climate change
in Latin America and the Caribbean (2022)

Scientists have been warning about the causes and impacts of climate change for decades. Human activity currently affects most ecosystems and our actions continue to modify the functions of Earth systems globally.

Latinoamerica 21Una región, todas las voces

How will the Central American leaders face Trump’s policies?

Cartels designated as ‘terrorist organizations’ in Mexico

Obesity and the Impact of a Growing Crisis

Lessons from a frenetic month

This Is How Neoliberalism Handed Over the Canal to Panama

When Politics Becomes a Couple’s Project

Why are Indigenous lands key to conserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change?

Peace and Nature: Reflections from Imperfection

International trade and biodiversity loss in Latin America: part of the problem and part of the solution?

Elon Musk, the genie out of the bottle

Reconciliation with Politics

Compulsory voting and the challenges of democracy...

Ideas to save democracy (also in Latin...

Iran’s ambitions in Latin America

Mexico: falsehood is a constant in the debates

The impact of AI on democratic politics: risk or opportunity?

Elections 2024: the risks of disinformation

The owners of the world: fascism and disinformation on the web

Will Puerto Rico become the 51st state of the United States?

The reality of wages in Venezuela

Brainstorming in the midst of Argentina’s political storm

Cuba’s demographic catastrophe

Progress and setbacks to gender equality in Argentina

Mexico’s main challenges in 2023

The progressive paradox: Petro’s regressive measures against Venezuelan migration

What’s happening with migrant processing centers in Latin America?

Challenges to electoral polls in the digital era

Mexico 2024: mediocre candidates and democracy at risk

Against the Tide: The EU-Mercosur Agreement and Trump’s Trade Policy

Poison and power

Is advancing hydrocarbon exploitation a risk for Argentina?

Energy transition and external restriction: where is the region headed?

A Vision for PAHO/WHO from and for Latin America

Inequities in Health Across the Life Cycle

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