International policy

After the World Cup: The pitch also signals a new global order

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.
Football
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Governance

The challenge of governing a changing climate

José Luis Sampietro Saquicela
Global warming is altering the climate patterns that for decades guided the planning of cities, infrastructure, and agricultural production. Faced with an increasingly uncertain future, Latin America must move beyond relying solely on historical records and invest in adaptation and resilience.
financial market

Financial Redundancy: The New Architecture of Development Finance

Danilo Desiderio
As global development finance becomes increasingly fragmented, developing countries are seeking to establish alternative channels to secure the flow of capital. Yet this financial redundancy also brings risks: rising debt burdens, greater administrative complexity, and a persistent dependence on the world's leading reserve currencies.
Disinformation

The paradox of disinformation: How the Venezuelan case debunks Trump’s election fraud narrative

Jesús Delgado Valery
Trump invokes the Venezuelan case to support his election fraud narrative, but the evidence shows that technology has been instrumental in exposing it.
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Brazil and AI diplomacy: lessons for Colombia and Bolivia

Roberto García Alonso   |   Ulf Thoene
Brazil is banking on AI as a cornerstone of its technological sovereignty and diplomacy, whilst Colombia and Bolivia face the challenge of translating regulation into tangible capabilities.

The truth in times of synthetic images

Daniel Andrés Mosquera   |   Yolanda Suárez Topete
In the era of synthetic images, artificial intelligence blurs the boundary between seeing and believing, eroding shared truth and democratic trust.

AI and digital refuge: How technology is redesigning our bonds

Constanza Cilley
In Latin America, artificial intelligence no longer merely connects us; it has become a digital refuge that replaces part of our bonds.

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How far can U.S. pressure on the Cuban regime go?

Johannes Hügel   |   Nikolaus Rischbieter
The Cuban regime’s deepest crisis coincides with a strategy of maximum pressure driven by Washington. The objective is to force a political transition, but the use of force no longer appears to be an implausible scenario.

The last ownerless territory: Antarctica and the 2048 window

Florencia Davidzon
As 2048 approaches, Antarctica's greatest challenge is no longer sovereignty, but the construction of a global framework to protect the last territory without an owner.
Democracy

The democratic challenge of turning disenchantment into...

Michelle Muschett
Latin America's great challenge is to renew its democracies by transforming growing public disillusionment into an opportunity for progress, inclusion, and stronger institutions.
Polarization

Concern over democracy in Latin America is...

Enrique Gomáriz Moraga
Democracy faces growing pressures from polarization, insecurity, and citizen disillusionment, reigniting the debate over the roles of the State and citizenship in strengthening democratic governance.

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The politics of decline

Pedro José Tocuyo
Latin America's growing middle class has reshaped politics. Today, fear of downward mobility is driving electoral volatility, political frustration and demands for stability.
Artificial intelligence

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.
Colombia

De la Espriella and greater North America

Sebastián Godínez Rivera
Abelardo de la Espriella’s victory in Colombia strengthens the advance of the right across Latin America and brings Bogotá closer to the hemispheric project promoted by the United States.

The new electoral promise in Latin America: Connecting is no longer enough

Roberto García Alonso   |   Ulf Thoene
Two decades of public policy have shown that the challenge is to complete coverage and turn access into capabilities.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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