Cuba

The Cuban regime seeks a deal with Trump to avoid the fate of Maduro

Sebastián Godínez Rivera
Cornered by the internal crisis and pressure from Washington, the Cuban regime is exploring a negotiated opening to preserve its political control.
Politics
Cuba in the face of the twilight of the Cuban regime
International Relations
Canada between ambition and inaction: From the Davos speech to silence on Cuba
Donald Trump

The Shield of the Americas does not help Latin America

Alberto Maresca
The initiative driven from Washington is aimed more at exporting political alignments and excluding key actors than at building effective regional cooperation.
Politics

Victory against drug trafficking and the risk of an executive without limits

Ernesto Hernández Norzagaray
Public support for the security offensive opens a window to redefine—and potentially upset—the balance of power in Mexico.
Gender

Incomplete Parity

Mariana Caminotti
Gender parity has advanced from quotas to a democratic principle, but it remains fragile, uneven, and still insufficient to guarantee real equality in representation.
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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.

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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.

“Conversion therapies” as the spearhead of the global offensive against LGBTIQ+ rights

Antonio Rando
Far from being residual practices, these methods persist and expand as a political tool to roll back rights, even where they once seemed consolidated.
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?
Democracy

Unfulfilled expectations of democracy in Latin America

Azul Aguiar Aguilar
If the system does not guarantee freedoms, justice, participation, and equality, other actors—often authoritarian and populist—will fill that void.

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Bonds under pressure: A map of emotional inequality

Constanza Cilley
In Argentina today, the quality of relationships is increasingly conditioned by time, resources, and stage of life, revealing a growing emotional inequality.
International relations

What does Argentina gain and concede with Trump’s agreement?

Facundo Fredes
Argentina gains expanded access to the market and financial backing from Washington, but cedes strategic autonomy by aligning with its interests and limiting ties with China.
Venezuela

The aftermath of Maduro and the dangers of “rapid” transitions: What Latin America can learn from the Middle East and Asia

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.

America First: Tariffs, Military Power, and the Defense of Corporate Interests

Gregorio Vidal
The strategy promotes the coordinated use of trade, financial, and geopolitical instruments to secure global advantages for major U.S. corporations.
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