Cuba

The Cuban Regime’s Fear of Its Youth

Michael Lima Cuadra
The imprisonment of teenager Jonathan Muir reveals how the Cuban regime has turned dissenting youth into one of its primary targets of repression.
Cuba
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Political crisis in Bolivia, democracy on the brink

Franz Flores
Road blockades, economic crisis, and social fracture are putting pressure on Rodrigo Paz’s government, as uncertainty grows over the country’s institutional stability.
Politics

How does football shape politics in Latin America?

David Gómez
In Latin America, football is not only played; it is lived and politicized. It unites nations, stirs passions, and also serves those in power.
Mexico

Ayuso in Méx(j)ico: Hispanidad and its borders

Ernesto Fiocchetto
The trip revealed how the new transnational right uses cultural ties with Latin America as a political banner while hardening its discourse against Latin American migrants in Spain.
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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 pressure on fatigued democracies

Manuel Alcántara
Latin American democracies face growing pressure—disinformation, crime, migration, and inequality—that tests their capacity to withstand erosion and reinvent themselves.

Fragmented Integration in a Multipolar Trade Order: Latin America, Africa and the Search for Convergence

Danilo Desiderio
The reconfiguration of global trade is pushing both regions toward divergent external alliances that deepen their dependence and weaken regional cohesion.
Venezuela

The aftermath of Maduro and the dangers...

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.
Inequality

The Empire of the Rich: Inequality, Power,...

David Castells-Quintana
The growing concentration of wealth in the hands of a global elite threatens to capture political power and erode the very foundations of democracy.

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The Caribbean as the United States’ Chessboard

Sebastián Godínez Rivera
Washington’s renewed activism in the region revives the logic of the Monroe Doctrine and repositions the Caribbean as a strategic axis of its hemispheric influence.
Mexico

Drug trafficking: The defining factor in Mexico’s relationship with the United States

Ernesto Hernández Norzagaray
Relations between the United States and Mexico on security matters landed abruptly in the state of Sinaloa when the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...
Honduras

‘Hondurasgate’ and the tragedy of automatic alignment in Latin America

Alberto Maresca
A transnational disinformation network involving actors from Honduras, Argentina, Israel, and the United States reveals how automatic alignment continues to undermine Latin American autonomy and deepen external interference in the region’s political disputes.

Women’s vote under scrutiny: A warning for democracy

Susana Reina
The rise of misogynistic discourse questioning women’s suffrage reflects a dangerous radicalization that threatens the basic principles of democracy.
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