European Union

Europe returns to Latin America: Is it too late?

Jerónimo Giorgi
Europe’s rapprochement with Mercosur highlights a shift in its geopolitical priorities and raises the question of to what extent it can regain the economic and political influence that China has been gaining over the past decades.
Regional integration
Mercosur: integrating without converging
Regional integration
The new Mercosur: A common tool at the service of individual interests
Religion

The return of the shepherd: Leo XIV and the geopolitics of faith in Latin America

María José Carpio-Ulloa
Pope Leo XIV's tour of Latin America aims to restore the Catholic Church's influence in the face of political polarization and the rise of the far right.
International relations

Trump defeated: Is he weaker or more dangerous to Latin America?

Jesús Tovar
Trump’s electoral defeat weakens his room for manoeuvre at home, but could intensify the pressure he exerts on Latin America --a divided region with little capacity for a unified response.
Political crisis

Paraguay and the price of trust

Steven E. Hendrix
The Ueno Bank crisis and the downfall of Santiago Peña lay bare the links between political and financial power, and the institutional cost of losing public trust.

AI

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AI: The tangled umbilical cord between two worlds

Marcelo Halperín
The AI “uprising” exposes a global state of anomie in which the weakening of multilateralism leaves Latin America vulnerable to the technological and economic power of the major powers.

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.

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.

Democracy

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PRO tries to sneak in Milei’s culture war

Salvador Lescano
In the face of La Libertad Avanza’s rise in Buenos Aires, the PRO is abandoning its traditional ideological ambiguity and moving towards conservatism in order to compete for the right-wing vote.

Peña’s downfall exposes the cracks in Paraguay’s political system

Christopher Martínez
The banking crisis triggered by the collapse of Ueno Bank highlights the inability of Paraguayan political parties to absorb shocks and maintain the stability of their governments.
Costa Rica

Costa Rica: between nostalgia and resentment

Enrique Gomáriz Moraga
Costa Rica is experiencing growing political polarization between the defense of its democratic tradition and a rupture-oriented political project driven by the government.
Polarization

Bad losers and the problem of the...

Fernando Barrientos
The refusal of defeated candidates to recognize legitimate electoral results undermines the authority of newly elected presidents, exacerbates polarization, and can trigger serious institutional crises and post-election violence.

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Water extractivism under the guise of development

Balthazar Sellier
The department of Caldas, in central Colombia, with its mountainous landscape from which numerous watercourses spring, has become the focus of hydroelectric projects.
Cuba

Cuba’s energy isolation: The humanitarian cost of a new sanctions strategy

Isabel Rodríguez Peña
Restrictions on fuel supplies and a lack of international cooperation are exacerbating the energy crisis in Cuba, jeopardising essential services and the living conditions of the population.
Artificial intelligence

AI did not rebel: It simply learned how to break the rules

Henry M. Rodríguez
AI agents can bypass safeguards and expose critical infrastructure. Latin America needs stronger cybersecurity, governance, and legal accountability.

Latin America’s suffering: Fate or circumstance?

Marcelo Halperín
How mineral extraction, digital capitalism and technological dependence reinforce neocolonial inequalities across Latin America.

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