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Lula: the epic of victory and its limits

Lula’s victory in Brazil ushers in a new phase marked by the right’s parliamentary strength and pressure from an increasingly adverse regional landscape.

Care Day: the invisible value of undervalued work

Care work sustains life and the economy, yet in Latin America it remains marked by precarious working conditions and gender inequality that keep its true social value invisible.

From exception to rule: how the runoff election is changing democracy

The runoff has become the norm in Latin America, where political fragmentation and polarization are putting electoral legitimacy to the test.

Brazil rediscovers its antidotes to democratic backsliding

The mobilization of civil society in the streets and on social media demonstrated that citizen participation can halt the advance of authoritarianism and defend democracy in the face of political disenchantment.

Digital violence against women: The invisible cost of participating

Digital gender-based violence seeks to silence women in public life and threatens the quality of democracies; therefore, combating it requires a joint response from institutions and digital platforms.

Two moments and a speech

The U.S. military deployment in Latin America and the dispute over the UN Secretary-General’s post reveal Washington’s ambitions for power and its neocolonial drift.