The recomposition of the international order: a new Tordesillas?
We seem to be approaching a new attempt to establish spheres of influence, but with serious and spurious consequences for most of the peoples, nations and states of the world.
Circular Economy Approaches to Wastewater Treatment
The term “circular economy” has gained increasing attention as a tool that can present solutions to some of the world’s most urgent challenges.
Hybrid Regimes in Latin America: El Salvador and Mexico
Two Latin America countries are currently transitioning from imperfect democracies to hybrid regimes: Mexico and El Salvador.
Lula, between changing scenarios and foreign policy blunders
Lula da Silva’s return to the presidency has raised great expectations. However, circumstances have changed compared to his previous mandates.
Chile: a tough acceptance of reality
In Chile, there has been an internal division of the ruling party’s original project, giving rise to what is currently known as “Boric’s two souls”.
Mexico: a democracy without millennials?
Young people are probably taking their protest to the digital world, where they may find greater resonance for their messages.
Bank runs, gray swans, and why Latin America seems to be safe
In Latin America, the traumas of a tumultuous past make us Latinos particularly cautious, perhaps not in matters of the heart but certainly in matters of financial stability.
Economy
Cuba: the women prisoners of the dictatorship
Cuban women demand human, civil, and political rights, all kinds of freedom, as well as the end of the absolute governance of the Communist Party of Cuba.
Latin American tax agreement: toward a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable region
This is the first time in the last 25 years that inequality and poverty have increased simultaneously
Inflation and rising interest rates: a false solution?
High profits for some business groups show that under high inflation not everyone loses.
Society
Team Jorge and the Israeli disinformation industry in Latin America
The team of digital mercenaries “Team Jorge” claims to have carried out influence operations in 33 electoral processes around the world
Women’s rights are going backward in the world
The backlash against women’s rights is the result of an alliance of heterogeneous groups that include conservative parties and movements, fundamentalist and anti-rights sectors.
The Americas lose a friend
With former US President Jimmy Carter in hospice care, Latin America and the Caribbean are about to lose a respectful interlocutor who cared deeply about the region.
Politics
China-Latin America relations in retrospect
Economic, political and cultural relations between Latin America and China have increased since the presidency of Jiang Zemin.
The Bukele Method
A political experiment is underway that could give the country a “soft power” at the international level that it has never had before.
Peru: a fractured country
Peru became a fragmented country marked by irreconcilable interests and demands, where the most powerful sectors always prevail.