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Did Maduro’s fall put an end to the left-wing populist cycle and mark a historic turning point for the Latin American left?
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How much wealth concentration can democracy withstand?

Extreme wealth concentration not only deepens inequality, but also threatens the very survival of democracy by turning political power into a privilege of economic elites.

When power fragments: Violence, the state, and the limits of strategy

The violence that followed the recent events in Jalisco speaks not only of a criminal organization, but of the state's capacity—and its limits—to manage power vacuums.

Social media and minors: The consensus for regulation has reached Latin America

The debate over social media and childhood is no longer theoretical: in Latin America, a political consensus to regulate platforms is beginning to take shape.

Política

Between spectacle and the cultural frontier: Politics and identity in the Super Bowl LX halftime show

The Super Bowl show confirmed that, in global popular culture, spectacle is never neutral: language, identity, and political power are contested even on the most massive stage of entertainment.

How much wealth concentration can democracy withstand?

Extreme wealth concentration not only deepens inequality, but also threatens the very survival of democracy by turning political power into a privilege of economic elites.

When power fragments: Violence, the state, and...

The violence that followed the recent events in Jalisco speaks not only of a criminal organization, but of the state's capacity—and its limits—to manage power vacuums.

Social media and minors: The consensus for...

The debate over social media and childhood is no longer theoretical: in Latin America, a political consensus to regulate platforms is beginning to take shape.

Argentina

When states clash, crime coordinates: Ecuador versus Colombia

In a scenario where crime is organized in networks, the lack of coordination between Ecuador and Colombia only makes what is legal more costly and strengthens what is illegal.

When power fragments: Violence, the state, and the limits of strategy

The violence that followed the recent events in Jalisco speaks not only of a criminal organization, but of the state's capacity—and its limits—to manage power vacuums.

Social media and minors: The consensus for regulation has reached Latin America

The debate over social media and childhood is no longer theoretical: in Latin America, a political consensus to regulate platforms is beginning to take shape.

It didn’t last long: Peru is once again without a president

The new presidential removal confirms that in Peru the problem is no longer who governs, but a system that has made instability its norm.
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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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