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The FSLN drops the mask: from electoral farce to one-party rule

Enrique Martínez
Daniel Ortega's declaration that Nicaragua will no longer hold elections exposes the FSLN's transition from electoral authoritarianism to outright one-party rule.
Foreign policy
Nicaragua and the geopolitics of isolation
Authoritarianism
Dynastic succession and authoritarian radicalization in Nicaragua
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Uruguay

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Foreign policy and the electoral contest in Brazil in 2026: Washington wants to go to the polls

Ivan Filipe Fernandes   |   Abraão Aguilera
Brazil's presidential race is now being fought in Washington as well, where Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro seek to turn foreign policy into electoral capital.

The Fujimorist restoration

Jesús Tovar
Keiko Fujimori’s return to power heralds a revival of Fujimorism, which promises order but revives the tensions and risks of the past.

Perestroika without glasnost in Venezuela and Cuba

Ernesto Hernández Norzagaray
Venezuela and Cuba are experimenting with a limited economic opening to preserve political control, following the model of China and Vietnam without opening the door to democratic freedoms.

Política

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The everyday architecture of violence: When drug policies generate more insecurity

Javier Sagredo
In Latin America, most drug-related insecurity is caused not by drug use itself, but by policies that persist in combating it through prohibition and punishment.

Foreign policy and the electoral contest in Brazil in 2026: Washington wants to go to the polls

Ivan Filipe Fernandes   |   Abraão Aguilera
Brazil's presidential race is now being fought in Washington as well, where Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro seek to turn foreign policy into electoral capital.
Political leaders

The Fujimorist restoration

Jesús Tovar
Keiko Fujimori’s return to power heralds a revival of Fujimorism, which promises order but revives the tensions and risks of the past.
Cuba

Perestroika without glasnost in Venezuela and Cuba

Ernesto Hernández Norzagaray
Venezuela and Cuba are experimenting with a limited economic opening to preserve political control, following the model of China and Vietnam without opening the door to democratic freedoms.

Argentina

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The American Friend

Manuel Alcántara
The figure of the "American friend" continues to symbolize an unequal power relationship, from the Cold War to contemporary transatlantic and Latin American politics.
Political leaders

The Fujimorist restoration

Jesús Tovar
Keiko Fujimori’s return to power heralds a revival of Fujimorism, which promises order but revives the tensions and risks of the past.
Cuba

Perestroika without glasnost in Venezuela and Cuba

Ernesto Hernández Norzagaray
Venezuela and Cuba are experimenting with a limited economic opening to preserve political control, following the model of China and Vietnam without opening the door to democratic freedoms.

International financial architecture in times of geopolitical rivalry and climate change

Leonardo Stanley
Geopolitical tensions and the decline in climate finance are redefining the rules of development for emerging countries.
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Leonardo Magalhães
Executive Director of the IPSE Intelligence research institute. Researcher in public opinion, discursive framing in the media and computer sciences.
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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).
Manuel Alcántara
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).
Maria Regina Soares de Lima
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.
Mateo Jarquín
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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