Politics

The Diplomatic Legacy of Marco Rubio

Sebastián Godínez Rivera
Marco Rubio’s speech in Munich outlines a pragmatic diplomacy that seeks to reorder the transatlantic alliance beyond the liberal consensus of the post–Cold War era.
Democracy
The people can write dangerous things
International Relations
The Shield of the Americas does not help Latin America
Women

Women: Equal in discourse, vulnerable in everyday life

Constanza Cilley
In Latin America, formal advances in gender equality coexist with persistent violence that continues to limit the autonomy, safety, and everyday lives of millions of women.
Migration

Remittances sustain economies, but empty households

José Luis Sampietro Saquicela
While remittances break records and ease the economies of many countries in the region, millions of Latin American households are being reshaped around an absence that leaves social, educational, and emotional marks.
Dictatorship

From “Never Again” to Now: The Street Challenges the Rewriting of the Dictatorship

Federico Finchelstein   |   Emmanuel Guerisoli
Half a century after the coup d'état, a massive nationwide mobilization once again brought the dispute over historical memory to the forefront, in the face of official narratives that downplay state terrorism.
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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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To Hell and Back

Fabián Bosoer
An urgent rereading that reveals how chained crises and extreme leadership can drag entire societies into catastrophe.

Latin America’s Cities See the Symptoms but Miss the Causes

José Caballero
Latin Americans recognize urgent problems but fail to prioritize the structural solutions needed to solve them.
Policy

2025: America in realignment

Luis Miguel Santibáñez Suárez
The year 2025 left democracies alive but exhausted and a reconfigured political map. Amid fears and emergencies, the majority chose security. Are we facing a drift toward a punitive order?
Democracy

Unfulfilled expectations of democracy in Latin America

Azul Aguiar Aguilar
If the system does not guarantee freedoms, justice, participation, and equality, other actors—often authoritarian and populist—will fill that void.

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Venezuela: A fragile transition without the diaspora

William A. Clavijo   |   Nancy Arellano
Excluding millions of Venezuelans abroad undermines democratic legitimacy and constrains the country’s institutional and economic reconstruction.
China

The dragon’s speed: When today’s haste becomes tomorrow’s mortgage

Constanza Mazzina
The urgency to carry out large-scale projects without rigorous oversight opens the door to costly decisions that compromise long-term development and sovereignty.
Gender

Gender equality: The end of history?

Fabián Echegaray
Although clear progress has been recorded across different spheres, structural gaps and divergent perceptions persist, revealing tensions that remain unresolved.

The Cuban regime seeks a deal with Trump to avoid the fate of Maduro

Sebastián Godínez Rivera
Cornered by the internal crisis and pressure from Washington, the Cuban regime is exploring a negotiated opening to preserve its political control.
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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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