Cuba

The U.S.–Cuba Negotiation: Transition or Adaptive Resistance?

Carlos M. Rodríguez Arechavaleta
Dialogue between the countries reflects an asymmetric and limited negotiation, in which external pressure seeks structural change while the regime prioritizes its survival.
Cuba
The Cuban regime seeks a deal with Trump to avoid the fate of Maduro
Politics
Cuba in the face of the twilight of the Cuban regime
Elections

Presidential Elections in Peru: Does Politics Matter?

Carlos Ugo Santander
Elections in Peru reveal a profound political crisis marked by fragmentation, weak party structures, and an economic model that erodes representation and democratic stability.
Autocracy

Voting is no longer enough: The crisis of contemporary democracy

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.
Environment

From Jaguars to Sharks: Protecting Wildlife Against Transnational Crime

Irene Torres   |   Milton Castillo
Wildlife trafficking has become entrenched as a transnational organized crime network that exploits legal loopholes, demanding cooperation and protection beyond borders.
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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.

Artificial Intelligence with real biases: New challenges for gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Gemma Galdon-Clavell   |   Ana Pirela-Rios
In a region marked by deep inequalities, artificial intelligence reflects and amplifies society’s gender biases, turning a technological challenge into a human development problem.

Democracy

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Crime without borders: The Brazilian model expanding across the region

Henry M. Rodríguez
The expansion of transnational criminal networks reveals structural failures of the state and the consolidation of an illicit governance that challenges regional security.

The Diplomatic Legacy of Marco Rubio

Sebastián Godínez Rivera
Marco Rubio’s speech in Munich outlines a pragmatic diplomacy that seeks to reorder the transatlantic alliance beyond the liberal consensus of the post–Cold War era.
Populism

The real threat to democracy is not...

Maxwell Cameron   |   Federico M. Rossi
The crisis of democracy does not stem from mobilized masses, but from economic elites who, operating from within, have learned to govern without accountability.
Policy

2025: America in realignment

Luis Miguel Santibáñez Suárez
The year 2025 left democracies alive but exhausted and a reconfigured political map. Amid fears and emergencies, the majority chose security. Are we facing a drift toward a punitive order?

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Subnational election in Bolivia: The new political reality

Salvador Romero Ballivian
With a dispersed electoral map and no dominant political axis, the elections revealed a more fragmented, territorialized dynamic that is difficult to frame within traditional national-level interpretations.
Women

Women: Equal in discourse, vulnerable in everyday life

Constanza Cilley
In Latin America, formal advances in gender equality coexist with persistent violence that continues to limit the autonomy, safety, and everyday lives of millions of women.
Migration

Remittances sustain economies, but empty households

José Luis Sampietro Saquicela
While remittances break records and ease the economies of many countries in the region, millions of Latin American households are being reshaped around an absence that leaves social, educational, and emotional marks.

Latin America’s Cities See the Symptoms but Miss the Causes

José Caballero
Latin Americans recognize urgent problems but fail to prioritize the structural solutions needed to solve them.
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