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Who brings the bread home? When pay parity collides with gender stereotypes

When a woman earns more than her partner, the home can become a mirror of cultural tensions that still bind female success to the weight of guilt and wounded masculinity.
Society
Gender

To read Uncle Donald

Uncle Donald, beyond the Disney comics, continues to show how fantasy reflects and questions power relations and politics in Latin America.

Living for today: Pessimism and uncertainty challenge politics

In a region where pessimism is growing and people live only for today, politics struggles to reconnect with citizens overwhelmed by uncertainty.

Chile: Between two rounds and a new electoral map

Chile reaches the second round with high turnout and a political system shaken by fragmentation and the end of old balances.
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AI

Artificial intelligence in electoral campaigns: How and for what

Artificial intelligence is redefining electoral campaigns: it can either strengthen democracy or become its greatest threat.

From whales to algorithms: why Latin America can lead a nature-inspired AI

Biomimicry could pave the way to more efficient and sustainable AI architectures. Latin America, with 60% of global biodiversity, has strategic advantages to lead this transition, provided it strengthens infrastructure, regulation and regional scientific cooperation.

Brazil on the Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Déjà Vu Roller Coaster

The challenge is monumental: how to balance innovation, national sovereignty, fundamental rights, and legal certainty without falling into the old dilemma of the Brazilian “jeitinho”?

Democracy

Trump and the new Big Stick doctrine for Latin America

Trump’s new strategy deploys a policy of force that reconfigures regional security and redefines Washington’s relationship with Latin America.

After 30 years of negotiations, it’s time to finalize the EU–Mercosur agreement

After three decades of back-and-forth, the EU and Mercosur have finally reached a historic agreement that promises to reshape the economic and geopolitical landscape between Europe and South America.

Revamping democracy: from unfulfilled promises to resilient...

On International Democracy Day, Latin America faces the challenge of revamping a system worn down by inequality and misinformation, but one that remains essential for resilient and equitable human development.

Democratic experience and authoritarian temptations in Latin...

Citizens’ support for illiberal measures in Latin America reveals a growing acceptance of authoritarianism and an erosion of democratic values.

COP30

Honduras facing the election: The urgency of restoring democratic trust

A few days before the elections, Honduras faces a process marked by citizen distrust, institutional fragility, and political and technological tensions that threaten the credibility of the electoral day.

Diplomacy in Mexico–Spain Relationship

The demand for an apology from Spain rekindles tensions in Mexican diplomacy, while internal violence and narcopolitics call into question the coherence and direction of the country’s foreign policy.

Latin America off the AI map: Why we urgently need our own language model

The Anglo-Saxon dominance in AI leaves Latin America without a voice in the digital world and makes it urgent to build technology that thinks from Latin America.

The triumph of anger: how La Libertad Avanza capitalized on social frustration in Argentina

La Libertad Avanza turned massive social anger into an electoral engine, achieving a resounding 40.7% and establishing itself as the main channel for expressing Argentine discontent.
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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.
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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.
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).
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.
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.
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