Brazil

Ultimately, how many deportees disappear from the official figures?

Gustavo Dias   |   Julio D’Angelo Davies
Discrepancies in official deportation figures cast doubt on widely publicized records and suggest that thousands of cases are missing from public statistics.
Migration
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Elections

Colombia, a divided country

María Lucia Jaimes
The first round confirmed the country's polarization and left De la Espriella with an advantage heading into a runoff in which centrist votes will be decisive.
Elections

Peru: an artificially polarized country

Carlos Ugo Santander
With days remaining before the runoff election, the growing number of undecided voters reveals that electoral polarization does not reflect Peru’s deep political and social fragmentation.
Trade

Rare earths and the eternal supplier trap: the unresolved challenge of the 20th century

Pedro José Tocuyo
Rare earths are reshaping global power. Can resource-rich countries finally turn mineral wealth into genuine economic and technological autonomy?
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AI

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The hidden face of AI governance: the invisible rules keeping Latin America out of the digital future

Marta Cantero Gamito
Global AI governance moves forward without Latin America, which adopts foreign rules while its voice remains absent from the tables where the digital future is decided.

The Latin American dilemma facing artificial intelligence: adapt or design the future?

José Luis Sampietro Saquicela
Latin America faces a historic crossroads: to adapt to artificial intelligence designed by others, or to create its own technological future with justice and digital sovereignty.

From the gender gap to algorithmic bias: keys to inclusive AI

Cecilia Galván
The revolution of artificial intelligence faces its own mirror: algorithms also inherit the biases and inequalities of the society that creates them. Understanding this is key to building a truly inclusive AI.

Democracy

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The challenge of rebuilding the collective to strengthen Latin American democracy

Dolores Gandulfo
Growing public disillusionment with democracies that are unable to guarantee welfare, representation and a shared future is putting Latin America’s political and social stability to the test.

Artisanal mining in Peru: the law that could bring order to chaos—or deepen it

Milagros Granados
Peru’s new law on artisanal mining aims to regulate a key sector, but experts warn that, without effective controls, it could exacerbate illegal activity and environmental damage in areas such as Madre de Dios.
Autocracy

Voting is no longer enough: The crisis...

Jesús Delgado Valery
The report warns that global democracy is experiencing a historic setback, in which elections no longer guarantee democratic systems in the face of the sustained advance of autocratization.
Inequality

The day the obvious was “discovered”

María Eugenia Luarca
The world “discovers,” with an official stamp, what was already known: that growth without limits destroys life—and the real novelty is the crack it opens to change the narrative.

COP30

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Amazomorphosis: the Amazon under dispute and the limits of the Escazú Agreement

Valeska Ruiz Peña
The Amazon is facing a crisis of dispossession, violence, and democratic erosion that is testing the effectiveness of the Escazú Agreement and the protection of those who defend the territory.
Brazil

Brazil and AI diplomacy: lessons for Colombia and Bolivia

Roberto García Alonso   |   Ulf Thoene
Brazil is banking on AI as a cornerstone of its technological sovereignty and diplomacy, whilst Colombia and Bolivia face the challenge of translating regulation into tangible capabilities.
Elections

Presidential contenders in Colombia: what country do they want to govern? 

Fidel Cano
The final stretch of the Colombian presidential campaign has left the country caught between polarisation, political violence and rhetoric that undermines democratic coexistence.

Keiko Fujimori: Dynasty, defeats, and destiny?

Ignacio Arana   |   Carolina Guerrero Valencia
Caught between the legacy of Fujimorismo and the chronic crisis of Peru’s political system, Keiko Fujimori is once again betting on the presidency, presenting herself as a symbol of continuity, experience, and polarization.
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