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The intricate road to democracy in Venezuela: María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize

María Isabel Puerta Riera
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado recognizes her peaceful struggle for Venezuelan democracy and rekindles hope for change in the country.
Desire for change is the message of the primary election in Venezuela
China

Marco Rubio confronts Chinese influence in Central America with visa restrictions

Henry Large
The United States toughens its foreign policy in Latin America by turning visas into a tool to curb China’s expansion in the region.
Warfare

The open veins of Colombia

Sara Meyer
Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) rulings expose FARC kidnappings and “false positives” as state crimes, marking a historic step toward truth and reconciliation.
Development

A new lost decade for Latin America?

Ximena Roncal Vattuone
ECLAC warns of low growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. Without mobilizing resources, the region risks another lost decade.
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International relations

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The Voice of Latin America at the United Nations General Assembly

Irma Torres Garrido
Latin America raised its voice at the UN General Assembly with a call for peace, climate action, and reform of the multilateral system, reflecting a region determined to play an important role in global governance.

Organized crime and human development: the urgency of a structural response in Latin America

Lucía Dammert   |   Santiago Rodríguez-Solórzano
The rise of organized crime in Latin America threatens not only security, but the very foundations of human development and democracy in the region.

Latin America: dangerous indifference to the multilateral crisis

Marcelo Halperín
The collapse of economic multilateralism leaves Latin America vulnerable. Without action, U.S. unilateralism risks deepening regional fragility.

Democracy

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COP-30: Time to act for the defenders of the planet

María Villarreal
Latin American leaders adopted a critical and diverse stance toward global challenges, ranging from the war in Gaza to the climate crisis and international governance.

The Voice of Latin America at the United Nations General Assembly

Irma Torres Garrido
Latin America raised its voice at the UN General Assembly with a call for peace, climate action, and reform of the multilateral system, reflecting a region determined to play an important role in global governance.
Policy

Perverted democracies

Luis Pásara
Some Latin American regimes maintain voting rights while eliminating opposition. Are these really democracies, or just perverted versions of them?
Policy

Of worn-out speeches and unauthorized outlets: Reinventing...

Ángel Arellano
Chile welcomed progressive presidents, including Spain’s Pedro Sánchez, under the banner Democracy Always. But is that message consistent with what’s actually happening within each of their countries?

Elections

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The Paraguayan People’s Army: the guerrilla that persists in the heart of South America

Leopoldo Castro Teresa
The Paraguayan People’s Army has persisted for 17 years despite its small size. How has this guerrilla survived in Paraguay’s rural north?
Development

Organized crime and human development: the urgency of a structural response in Latin America

Lucía Dammert   |   Santiago Rodríguez-Solórzano
The rise of organized crime in Latin America threatens not only security, but the very foundations of human development and democracy in the region.
Trade

Latin America: dangerous indifference to the multilateral crisis

Marcelo Halperín
The collapse of economic multilateralism leaves Latin America vulnerable. Without action, U.S. unilateralism risks deepening regional fragility.

From private benefit to collective cost: the exploitation of common resources in Latin America

David Castells-Quintana
Climate change exposes Latin America’s tragedy of the commons. Inequality, weak institutions, and global cooperation define the region’s future.
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Brazilian democracy resists: lessons from the Bolsonaro case

Brazil
Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup. What lessons does this case offer for democracy in Latin America?
Jerónimo Giorgi

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Professor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá) and PhD candidate in Law at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Specializing in migration movements, gender studies and Venezuelan politics.
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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).
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Political scientist. Professor and researcher at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). PhD in Political Science from IUPERJ (current IESP / UERJ). Researcher at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) - Núcleo Europa.
Leonardo Stanley
Associate Researcher at the Center for the Study of State and Society - CEDES (Buenos Aires). Author of "Latin America Global Insertion, Energy Transition, and Sustainable Development", Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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