Society

The invisible cost of care: how women subsidize the economy in Latin America

Susana Reina
Millions of Latin American women subsidize the economy through unpaid care work, at the expense of their income and employment opportunities.
Care
In Latin America, the future of work also depends on care
Economy
Latin America is living longer. Are we prepared to provide better care?
Colombia

Deportations under De La Espriella government: the theater of a tough-on-crime approach

Carolina Moreno
Abelardo De La Espriella’s deportation policy in Colombia prioritizes a hardline approach and exclusion, while raising questions about the rights of migrants and due process.
International relations

The Caribbean community’s divide over U.S. power

Nand C. Bardouille
While some countries in this Caribbean bloc embrace U.S. power, others seek to limit its reach, leaving the rest struggling to find a difficult middle ground.
Artificial intelligence

AI regulation must do more than avoid certain doom

Irene Torres   |   Elyse Hauser
The regulation of artificial intelligence cannot be limited to preventing a global catastrophe; it must also curb the environmental and social destruction that its infrastructure is already causing in specific territories.

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The challenge of artificial intelligence for democracy

Kevin Casas-Zamora
Artificial intelligence is already transforming democracy, and the great challenge is to ensure that it strengthens—rather than undermines—the integrity of electoral processes and democratic institutions.

Hyperglobalization 2.0: Why AI has not slowed the world down

Nicolás M. Perrone
Trade wars suggest deglobalisation, but the AI race is wiring the world together at unprecedented speed.

Artificial intelligence: new job opportunities for women

Susana Reina
Artificial intelligence may threaten existing roles for women, but it simultaneously opens up a wealth of new career paths, so long as upskilling and workplace inclusion remain central to the transition

Democracy

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A fifth invasion? Organized crime and indigenous sovereignty in the Americas

Joséphine Lechartre
The expansion of organized crime into Indigenous territories in Latin America threatens their sovereignty, destroys their livelihoods, and undermines their self-governance, which could constitute a fifth historical invasion.

On rigor in sounding the alarm

Lajos Kossuth
AI risk warnings are gaining momentum, but without verifiable evidence to back them up, fear may end up taking precedence over reality.
Disinformation

Who protects the conditions for public debate?

Camila Olate
Disinformation and algorithms are transforming public debate in Latin America. Protecting democracy requires strengthening journalism, platform transparency, media literacy, and institutional trust.
Social networks

Hostages or strategists? Party discourse in the...

Pavel Sidorenko Bautista
In the context of the attention economy, recommendation systems interpret narrative moderation as a lack of relevance. What do political parties competing in contexts of extreme polarization do to make themselves heard?

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Breathe, think, and vote again: reflections on nepotism and Brazil’s runoff election

Alessandra Maia
As Brazil heads into the presidential runoff, the country faces the challenge of choosing between the desire for change and the risks posed by the concentration of power and political nepotism.
Society

Latin America is living longer. Are we prepared to provide better care?

Ronald Jonathan Cañarte Siguencia
Latin America’s aging population demands stronger primary healthcare, continuous care, and more equitable access to services.
Elections

Latin America does not enter a new era with every election

Carlos Ugo Santander
Latin America's electoral swings do not signal the end of progressivism, but reflect growing competition, voter dissatisfaction and political alternation.

How many years of our lives does justice owe us?

José Luis Sampietro Saquicela
Justice is also measured in time: when a judgment takes years, waiting can become a form of injustice. Artificial intelligence can help reduce that wait without sacrificing safeguards.

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The hidden face of AI governance: the invisible rules keeping Latin...

Artificial intelligence
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.
Jerónimo Giorgi

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Nastassja Rojas Silva
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.
Alejandro García Magos
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).
Ana Paula Tostes
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.
Leonardo Stanley
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.
Irene Torres
PhD in Health Promotion. Member of the International Advisory Board of The Lancet Global Health and member of the Steering Committee of the Thematic Working Group on Health Systems in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings of Health Systems Global Health.