Donald Trump

The “unvisaed” are back

Steven E. Hendrix
Washington is reviving visa revocation as a tool against corruption in Latin America, caught between its political effectiveness and the risk of selective enforcement.
United States
Trump and the use of visas as a diplomatic weapon
Peru
Rubio gets the photo; Lima, the political risk
Brazil

Michelle Bolsonaro: from first lady to senator

Carolina Guerrero Valencia   |   Ignacio Arana
The victory of the former president’s wife once again shows how the role of first lady serves as an electoral springboard.
Society

The invisible cost of care: how women subsidize the economy in Latin America

Susana Reina
Millions of Latin American women subsidize the economy through unpaid care work, at the expense of their income and employment opportunities.
International relations

The Caribbean community’s divide over U.S. power

Nand C. Bardouille
While some countries in this Caribbean bloc embrace U.S. power, others seek to limit its reach, leaving the rest struggling to find a difficult middle ground.

AI

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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.

Artificial intelligence: new job opportunities for women

Susana Reina
Artificial intelligence may threaten existing roles for women, but it simultaneously opens up a wealth of new career paths, so long as upskilling and workplace inclusion remain central to the transition

Democracy

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Democracy is improving, but its checks and balances remain at risk. Why?

Ángel Arellano   |   Joaquín Danza Esmoris
Support for democracy is rebounding in Latin America, but it coexists with low satisfaction with government, tolerance for executives operating without checks and balances, and an electoral shift to the right that does not yet amount to a profound ideological transformation.

AI regulation must do more than avoid certain doom

Irene Torres   |   Elyse Hauser
The regulation of artificial intelligence cannot be limited to preventing a global catastrophe; it must also curb the environmental and social destruction that its infrastructure is already causing in specific territories.
Disinformation

Who protects the conditions for public debate?

Camila Olate
Disinformation and algorithms are transforming public debate in Latin America. Protecting democracy requires strengthening journalism, platform transparency, media literacy, and institutional trust.
Social networks

Hostages or strategists? Party discourse in the...

Pavel Sidorenko Bautista
In the context of the attention economy, recommendation systems interpret narrative moderation as a lack of relevance. What do political parties competing in contexts of extreme polarization do to make themselves heard?

COP30

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Latin America is living longer. Are we prepared to provide better care?

Ronald Jonathan Cañarte Siguencia
Latin America’s aging population demands stronger primary healthcare, continuous care, and more equitable access to services.
Organized crime

A fifth invasion? Organized crime and indigenous sovereignty in the Americas

Joséphine Lechartre
The expansion of organized crime into Indigenous territories in Latin America threatens their sovereignty, destroys their livelihoods, and undermines their self-governance, which could constitute a fifth historical invasion.
Artificial intelligence

On rigor in sounding the alarm

Lajos Kossuth
AI risk warnings are gaining momentum, but without verifiable evidence to back them up, fear may end up taking precedence over reality.

The search for a capable state in Africa and Latin America

Danilo Desiderio
Africa and Latin America share common challenges: building capable states that can turn economic growth into jobs and more broadly shared prosperity.

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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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