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Institutional paralysis, multilateral regression, and the deepening of imperial practices

International politics functions like a theatrical play: it organizes narratives, defines characters, and establishes climaxes, generating a permanent dialogue with its audience. This imaginative dimension shapes perceptions and guides specific ways of understanding armed conflicts. Through games of simulation and dissimulation, an interpretive horizon is constructed that legitimizes practices, naturalizes interventions, and stabilizes readings. It is within this relationship between stage, backstage, and audience that a scenario marked by institutional paralysis, multilateral regression, and the deepening of imperial practices is consolidated—anchored in an international law that is corroded and selectively mobilized. Act (1): Regional organizations, multilateralism, and international law First, the...
Imperialism
International Politics

Without rules, the rule of the global gendarme

Beneath yesterday’s moral rhetoric and Trump’s barefaced cynicism today, the powers once again lay bare an uncomfortable truth: without rules or disguises, the United States presents itself as a global gendarme in the service of its own interests.

The political right returns to power in Honduras

After a delayed election marked by allegations of fraud and external interference, the victory of Nasry Asfura confirms the return of the right to power in Honduras and opens a new scenario of political tension.

Kast and the lessons of Boric’s presidency

The resounding victory of José Antonio Kast opens a new political cycle in Chile and poses the challenge of learning from the mistakes and limitations that marked Gabriel Boric’s presidency in order to build governability in a fragmented landscape.
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AI

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

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.

Artificial intelligence in electoral campaigns: How and for what

Artificial intelligence is redefining electoral campaigns: it can either strengthen democracy or become its greatest threat.

From whales to algorithms: why Latin America can lead a nature-inspired AI

Biomimicry could pave the way to more efficient and sustainable AI architectures. Latin America, with 60% of global biodiversity, has strategic advantages to lead this transition, provided it strengthens infrastructure, regulation and regional scientific cooperation.

Democracy

The first victim of the Trump corollary: Venezuela

Donald Trump’s electoral victory for a second, nonconsecutive term was seen by Venezuelans—inside and outside the United States—as the last opportunity to achieve a...

Why Paraguay matters so much to China, Taiwan, and the United States

Paraguay, despite its size and remoteness, has become a key piece in the geopolitical dispute between China, Taiwan, and the United States, as it is the only country in South America that still diplomatically recognizes Taipei.

Democracy on Trial

Brazilian democracy is not only putting a former president on trial: it is measuring its own capability to withstand and learn from the crisis.

The intricate road to democracy in Venezuela:...

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.

COP30

Chavismo without Maduro: survival, negotiation and power in a new geopolitical scenario

Nicolás Maduro's forced exit doesn't spell the end of Chavismo, but rather the beginning of a survival strategy based on internal cohesion, negotiation with the United States, and adaptation to a new geopolitical order.

Against the usurpers: whether dictators or imperialists

The Venezuelan crisis does not mean to choose between the Chavista authoritarian rule and unilateral imperial intervention from the U.S. Both represent unacceptable forms of usurpation of sovereignty and democratic will.

The questions surrounding the reform of Mexico’s electoral system

With a legislative majority and a consultation process underway, Claudia Sheinbaum's government is pushing for a new electoral reform that opens the debate on its true objectives and its effects on competition and political plurality in Mexico.

Venezuela after Maduro: three questions that will decide the transition

A decisive scenario is unfolding in Venezuela where, beyond Maduro, control of weapons, money, and the rules of the game will determine the fate of the democratic transition.
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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.
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).
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.
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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