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Cuba

The embargo: an issue between Cubans

José Gabriel Barrenechea
Since the end of the Cold War, the dispute has not been between the U.S. and the Cuban governments, as the island claims, but between the exiles and the totalitarian Cuban regime.
Economy
Cuba and China-Vietnam, two socialist economic models: Which is more efficient?
Politics
The role of the internal opposition in Cuba
Elections

How did we get to the Venezuelan elections?

Jesús Delgado Valery
Although the opposition has weathered the government's attacks with great flexibility and remains competitive, we are facing an election where the most fundamental democratic guarantees are clearly being violated.
Indigenous villages

Will the exploitation of lithium imply new dispossession of native peoples?

Marina Bolfarine Caixeta   |   Ricardo de Carvalho Jatobá
South America is in the midst of a global competition for lithium. Hence, its citizens must be aware of the environmental and social impacts of these energies that are part of their governments' development plans.
Elections

Venezuela and its political crossroads in the run-up to the election

Juan Manuel Trak
A few days before the presidential election in Venezuela, the political situation in the country is becoming increasingly tense. On the one hand, the...
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Climate change

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Water scarcity: an environmental approach to sustainability

Nathalia Tejedor Flores   |   José Rogelio Fábrega Duque
Water affects all aspects of development. This is why it is necessary to address its problems in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary manner.

Vulnerabilities exposed by sea level rise

Carlos A. Gordón B.
In Panama, between 2% and 3% of the currently existing land area will be affected by sea level rise by 2050.

Agri-food Trade: Latin America at the Crossroads of Climate Change

Marcelo Halperín
We must consider how to carry out the transition without harming subsistence economies or the income derived from the export of extensive agricultural production.

Democracy challenges

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Without growth there is no paradise

Rogelio Núñez
The current economic stagnation in the region has become the turning point for a development model that reached its peak after the end of the boom.

Main keys to the Panamanian presidential elections

Jon Subinas
Ricardo Martinelli led all polls for years. But after being disqualified by a sentence of more than 10 years in prison for money laundering, he was relieved by José Raúl Mulino, who is emerging as the probable winner.
Elections

Super Election Year: Migration, Freedom and Democracy

Carlos Carrasco Muro
Migration has become a central part of the campaign discourse across the political spectrum. In this scenario, narratives that stigmatize migrants and refugees and promote xenophobic actions, are increasingly frequent.
Populism

Open Government in Mexico: a curable myopia?

Jorge Francisco Aguirre Sala
Open Government, as the form of governance that seeks to deepen the role of citizens participating in public decision-making is known, is an alternative to the chronic threat to democracies.

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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