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Authoritarianism

Kakistocracy in Latin America

Manuel Alcántara
The current era of weakened democracies is gradually leading to the formation of governments composed of low-quality members.
Democracy
Ideas to save democracy (also in Latin America)
Politics
Reconciliation with Politics
Cuba

Don Quixote and the crisis of the fifties or the last tramway

José Gabriel Barrenechea
This text was sent by Cuban journalist and intellectual José Gabriel Barrenechea Chávez, from prison in Cuba.
Ideologies

Echoes of Havana: a harmful influence in the realm of ideas

Rebeca Salas Luna
Cuban influence has historically materialized on two main fronts: cultural diplomacy and academic intervention in the region.
Javier Milei

Milei’s first year: the chainsaw and his critics

Enrique Gomáriz Moraga
The criticisms of this model by the most judicious progressivism have two solid elements: the increase in poverty and the difficult sustainability of this radical economic program.
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Climate change

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Why should we talk about climate justice?

María Villarreal
The notion of climate justice brings to the table the unequal historical and present responsibilities of countries, companies, and individuals regarding the climate crisis.

Brazil: an environmental disaster foretold

Manfred Steffen
Southern Brazil is underwater. What was exceptional is now part of the new normal. Adaptation, climate emergency plans and the valuation of ecosystems must be incorporated into policy. It is about the world we will leave to our sons and daughters.

What is the update on the energy transition in the region?

Leonardo Stanley
Every crisis imposes challenges, but also opens windows of opportunity and change that are seized by some. Others, however, are prostrated in despair and fear.

Democracy challenges

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Precarious states

Manuel Alcántara
In Latin America, the absence of state control—or, if preferred, the state’s precarious capacity to delineate its territory and exercise sovereignty under international treaties—is stark.

Democracy is in decline in Latin America. Is it possible to reverse it?

Jerónimo Giorgi
There is a consensus. Rescuing democracy requires strengthening the institutions that are its pillars, which in turn depend on a society that trusts them.
Political parties

Can there be democracy without political parties?

Javier Rosiles
The centrality and control that political parties have over the decisions made in the executive, legislative and judicial branches makes it difficult for them to receive the respective corrective measures.
Venezuela

Venezuela and Latin America, democracy, chaos, and...

Fabián Bosoer
It's not just democracy versus dictatorship at stake in the Venezuelan crisis. It encompasses the trajectories of the region as a theater for great power competition or as a collective of countries and governments capable of unified action.

Disinformation

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Digital gangsters

Arthur Coelho Bezerra
Hate speech generates engagement, a phenomenon that can be measured by the interaction of network users, and produces information that increases the big data of huge platforms.
Communication

RT: Disinformation without borders

Armando Chaguaceda
Twenty-first century democracies cannot ignore the lessons of Cold War disinformation campaigns, reformulated by their autocratic enemies in the current digital age.
Elections

Fraud is not usual, but conspiracy theories are

Flávia Bozza Martins
Coauthors Luciana Fernandes Veiga and Vitória Peres Questioning the fairness of the process is legitimate. However, what has been observed is the use of this discourse as a political strategy to delegitimize the electoral result.

From the dark room to entering the tunnel

Leonardo Stanley
Denialism and a shift to the far right that is pushing the planet towards a foretold catastrophe.
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Harris y Trump

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Harris or Trump: What’s better for Latin America?

Elections
A Harris victory, which represents continuity, would offer a more favorable scenario both economically and politically for U.S.-Latin America relations.
Jerónimo Giorgi

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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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Irene Torres
Science and policy advisor at IAI (Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research) and member of the International Council of the Global Society on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health.

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