Policy

Victory against drug trafficking and the risk of an executive without limits

Ernesto Hernández Norzagaray
Public support for the security offensive opens a window to redefine—and potentially upset—the balance of power in Mexico.
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Ecuador
Ecuador’s late insertion into the structure of global organized crime
Energy transition

The conflict in the Middle East reopens the global energy dilemma: Fossil dependence or transition

Leonardo Stanley
Market volatility and the risks of supply shortages are pushing major economies to urgently rethink their energy security strategies.
Gender

Incomplete Parity

Mariana Caminotti
Gender parity has advanced from quotas to a democratic principle, but it remains fragile, uneven, and still insufficient to guarantee real equality in representation.
Human rights

“Conversion therapies” as the spearhead of the global offensive against LGBTIQ+ rights

Antonio Rando
Far from being residual practices, these methods persist and expand as a political tool to roll back rights, even where they once seemed consolidated.
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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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What does Argentina gain and concede with Trump’s agreement?

Facundo Fredes
Argentina gains expanded access to the market and financial backing from Washington, but cedes strategic autonomy by aligning with its interests and limiting ties with China.

The aftermath of Maduro and the dangers of “rapid” transitions: What Latin America can learn from the Middle East and Asia

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.
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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The rise of Homo Ludens and memetic communication

Leandro Bruni
In the digital age, politics is being redefined as a game of visual stimuli and emotional belonging, where memes, more than arguments, shape the connection with the electorate.
Inequality

Bonds under pressure: A map of emotional inequality

Constanza Cilley
In Argentina today, the quality of relationships is increasingly conditioned by time, resources, and stage of life, revealing a growing emotional inequality.
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The Empire of the Rich: Inequality, Power, and Democracy at Risk

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.

Donald Trump and the New Latin American Right

Franz Flores
The support of the new Latin American right for Donald Trump reveals how far it is willing to relativize democracy in the name of its geopolitical alignment.
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