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The people can write dangerous things

Sebastián Godínez Rivera
Democracy faces today a silent danger: the citizens’ support for leaders who, from the ballot box, learn how to dismantle it.
Politics
Electoral autocracies and totalitarian elections
Autocracy
Indefinite reelection: sentences that shaped autocracies
Social violence

Reducing violence: Latin America’s pending economic policy

José Luis Sampietro Saquicela
Violence operates as a “hidden tax” that costs Latin America 3.5% of its GDP and chokes investment, productivity, and development, making security the region’s major outstanding economic policy.
Indigenous villages

Indigenous women in Latin American politics: Formal democracy, real exclusion

Alondra Servín Velázquez
Indigenous women who enter politics in Latin America face systematic intersectional violence which, despite legal advances, continues to be rendered invisible and exposes the gap between formal democracy and real inclusion.
International relations

An absent Europe and a divided Latin America: Has the dialogue run out of steam?

María Victoria Alvarez
Europe steps back and Latin America fractures at the 4th EU–CELAC Summit, casting doubt on whether the bi-regional dialogue still has a future.
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Artificial intelligence in electoral campaigns: How and for what

Jesús Delgado Valery
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

Amir Lebdioui  |   Ángel Melguizo   |   Victor Muñoz
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.

Brazil on the Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Déjà Vu Roller Coaster

Katia Augusta Maciel   |   Inês Maciel
The challenge is monumental: how to balance innovation, national sovereignty, fundamental rights, and legal certainty without falling into the old dilemma of the Brazilian “jeitinho”?

Democracy

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From gold to seats: Illegal mining and Peru’s 2026 elections

José de la Torre Ugarte
Illegal mining bursts onto the scene in Peru's 2026 elections as a political force capable of influencing candidates, laws, and parties in a country where gold carries as much weight as votes.

Love and hate in politics

Manuel Alcántara
In Panama, the historical influence of the United States over the Canal continues to shape the country's politics, economy, and social tensions.
Democracy

Why is organized crime becoming increasingly serious...

Douglas Farah   |   Pablo Zeballos
For decades, drug cartels have wielded profound political influence in Latin America. With the evolution and diversification of new illicit markets that move trillions of dollars, the corrupting capacity of criminal networks challenges the survival of democratic institutions.
Democracy

Revamping democracy: from unfulfilled promises to resilient...

Michelle Muschett
On International Democracy Day, Latin America faces the challenge of revamping a system worn down by inequality and misinformation, but one that remains essential for resilient and equitable human development.

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To read Uncle Donald

Fabián Bosoer
Uncle Donald, beyond the Disney comics, continues to show how fantasy reflects and questions power relations and politics in Latin America.
Nayib Bukele

El Salvador: A collapsed post-war system

Antonio Rando
El Salvador is experiencing the collapse of its post-war democratic system, while Bukele concentrates power under an authoritarian model legitimized by the promise of security.
Gender

Who brings the bread home? When pay parity collides with gender stereotypes

Susana Reina
When a woman earns more than her partner, the home can become a mirror of cultural tensions that still bind female success to the weight of guilt and wounded masculinity.

Chile: Between two rounds and a new electoral map

Luis Miguel Santibáñez Suárez
Chile reaches the second round with high turnout and a political system shaken by fragmentation and the end of old balances.
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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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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).
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