Mining

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.
Peru
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Climate change
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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.
Missing

Women Seeking Help Where the Mexican State Fails to Respond

Claudia Calvin
The activation of Article 34 of the UN Charter places under international scrutiny not only Mexico’s disappearance crisis, but also the state’s inability to respond to the women who carry out the search efforts.
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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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Democracies Under Siege: The Dangerous Return of the Drug Wars

Javier Sagredo
The return of anti-drug policies based on repression threatens to exacerbate violence, strengthen organized crime, and weaken Latin American democracies.

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.
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.
Venezuela

The aftermath of Maduro and the dangers...

Sahasranshu Dash   |   María Isabel Puerta Riera
After Maduro’s fall, Venezuela faces the dilemma of abrupt transitions: how to prevent the end of authoritarianism from giving rise to new forms of unstable or extractive power.

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Political crisis in Bolivia, democracy on the brink

Franz Flores
Road blockades, economic crisis, and social fracture are putting pressure on Rodrigo Paz’s government, as uncertainty grows over the country’s institutional stability.
International relations

Multilateralism under strain: U.S. impositions and Latin American challenges

Marcelo Halperín
The United States is redrawing the regional landscape through bilateral agreements that strain multilateralism and expose Latin America to new forms of digital and trade dependency.
Cuba

The Cuban Regime’s Fear of Its Youth

Michael Lima Cuadra
The imprisonment of teenager Jonathan Muir reveals how the Cuban regime has turned dissenting youth into one of its primary targets of repression.

Ayuso in Méx(j)ico: Hispanidad and its borders

Ernesto Fiocchetto
The trip revealed how the new transnational right uses cultural ties with Latin America as a political banner while hardening its discourse against Latin American migrants in Spain.
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