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Costa Rica’s new political landscape

The 2026 elections are reshaping politics in Costa Rica, with the presidency and Congress concentrated in a single party and an electorate mobilized around security and institutional change.
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The obstacles to the regional care agenda from a feminist perspective

The care agenda is gaining ground in the regional discourse, but it clashes with a model that continues to rely on the invisible and precarious labor of women.

The map of the aligned: what is the relationship between Latin American countries and the United States?

Latin America is once again dividing between the aligned and the punished on a regional chessboard where Washington imposes loyalties as a condition for stability.

Costa Rica: The birth of a Third Republic? 

The victory of Laura Fernández opens a crossroads: to reform the state in order to usher in a Third Republic, or, in the attempt, to erode the checks and balances that have sustained its democracy.

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Peru: A polarized country?

Peru is not a structurally polarized country, but rather a fragmented and volatile democracy where veto players abound and projects capable of structuring political competition are lacking.

The obstacles to the regional care agenda from a feminist perspective

The care agenda is gaining ground in the regional discourse, but it clashes with a model that continues to rely on the invisible and precarious labor of women.

The map of the aligned: what is...

Latin America is once again dividing between the aligned and the punished on a regional chessboard where Washington imposes loyalties as a condition for stability.

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The victory of Laura Fernández opens a crossroads: to reform the state in order to usher in a Third Republic, or, in the attempt, to erode the checks and balances that have sustained its democracy.

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Green capitalism: Ecological solution or new dependency?

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Latin America is once again dividing between the aligned and the punished on a regional chessboard where Washington imposes loyalties as a condition for stability.

Costa Rica: The birth of a Third Republic? 

The victory of Laura Fernández opens a crossroads: to reform the state in order to usher in a Third Republic, or, in the attempt, to erode the checks and balances that have sustained its democracy.

The loneliness epidemic has reached Brazil

Brazil, an emblem of sociability and joy, today faces a troubling paradox: millions of people live with a persistent loneliness that erodes social bonds.
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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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