Artificial intelligence

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.
Democracy
The challenge of artificial intelligence for democracy
Artificial intelligence
The Pope’s encyclical on artificial intelligence: the risks the Church sees
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.
Africa

The search for a capable state in Africa and Latin America

Danilo Desiderio
Africa and Latin America share common challenges: building capable states that can turn economic growth into jobs and more broadly shared prosperity.

AI

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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

The Pope’s Encyclical on Artificial Intelligence: The Risks the Church Sees

Constanza Cilley
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical on artificial intelligence warns of the risks of disinformation, job displacement, and the concentration of technological power in the hands of a few.

Democracy

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What did Latin American representatives propose at the UN General Assembly?

Irma Torres Garrido
Organized crime, UN reform, and artificial intelligence were at the heart of Latin America’s main proposals before the United Nations General Assembly.

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.
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?
International policy

After the World Cup: The pitch also...

Luis Miguel Santibáñez Suárez
The World Cup reflected an increasingly multipolar world and offered a lesson for Latin America: autonomy and development require strong institutions, sustained investment, and a strategy of its own.

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The myth of best practices and the Chinese model

Oswaldo Toscano
China’s model challenges the Western institutional recipe and shows how adaptation and improvisation can drive development.
Javier Milei

Where does Milei stand?

Manuel Anselmi
Milei is going through a period of contrasts: he retains electoral support and international backing, but faces growing internal tensions that are putting the strength of his political project to the test.
Brazil

From Liberation Theology to Pentecostalism: religion and the construction of the Brazilian right

Sahasranshu Dash
Religion has been central to Brazil’s political transformation, from the Liberation Theology that helped propel the left to the rise of Pentecostalism as a conservative force.

A new test for Brazil’s polarized democracy

Kevin Casas-Zamora   |   Marcela Ríos Tobar
Brazil’s elections will test the ability of a polarized democracy to safeguard electoral integrity and sustain public trust in its institutions.

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