The Southern Axis: How Africa and Latin America Could Redefine Global Trade

Africa and Latin America are moving toward a strategic alliance that, despite its currently weak connectivity, could transform global trade from the Global South.
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When naming is intervening: Terrorism, organized crime, and sovereignty in Latin America

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When naming is intervening: Terrorism, organized crime,...

Labeling organized crime as terrorism does not only toughen penalties: it redefines the threat, reconfigures the state's responses, and strains sovereignty in Latin America.

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Feminism: Between legal advances and political backlash

Although feminism has accumulated legal advances in the region, the rise of political and cultural resistance calls into question their effective translation into women’s everyday lives.

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Labeling organized crime as terrorism does not only toughen penalties: it redefines the threat, reconfigures the state's responses, and strains sovereignty in Latin America.

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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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