Trump defeated: Is he weaker or more dangerous to Latin America?

Trump’s electoral defeat weakens his room for manoeuvre at home, but could intensify the pressure he exerts on Latin America --a divided region with little capacity for a unified response.
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AI did not rebel: It simply learned how to break the rules

AI agents can bypass safeguards and expose critical infrastructure. Latin America needs stronger cybersecurity, governance, and legal accountability.

Water extractivism under the guise of development

The department of Caldas, in central Colombia, with its mountainous landscape from which numerous watercourses spring, has become the focus of hydroelectric projects.

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The digital revolution is beginning to give way to a period of reassessment, in which the challenge is no longer to incorporate more technology, but to decide when, how and for whom it is actually useful.

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Water extractivism under the guise of development

The department of Caldas, in central Colombia, with its mountainous landscape from which numerous watercourses spring, has become the focus of hydroelectric projects.

The digital (de)revolution

The digital revolution is beginning to give way to a period of reassessment, in which the challenge is no longer to incorporate more technology, but to decide when, how and for whom it is actually useful.

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Executive Director of the IPSE Intelligence research institute. Researcher in public opinion, discursive framing in the media and computer sciences.
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).
Director of CIEPS - International Center for Political and Social Studies, AIP-Panama. Honorary Emeritus Professor at the University of Salamanca and UPB (Medellín). Latest books: "El oficio de politico" (Tecnos Madrid, 2020), "Huellas de la Democracy Fatigada" (Océano Atlántico Editores, 2024) and "Cuando la política dejó de ser lo que era" (Océano Atlántico Editores, 2025).
Professor and researcher at the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State Universityt of Rio de Janeiro (IESP/UERJ). Coordinator of the South American Political Observatory (OPSA). PhD in Political Science from Vanderbilt University.
Historian and professor at Chapman University (California). PHd from Harvard University. His writings on Latin American politics have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among other international media.
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