USA

The Americas at 250: A Shared Democratic Future or Parallel Paths?

Jeffery A Tobin
Rather than simply celebrating the legacy of 1776, the democracies of the Americas face the challenge of proving that they can still deliver results for their citizens.
Brazil

Women voters, candidates, but not elected in Brazil

Débora Thomé
Brazilian women hold the key to deciding the next government, yet they continue to be excluded from the main centers of political power.
Autocracy

Paraguay: When a leader becomes bigger than his party

Steven E. Hendrix
The growing concentration of power around Horacio Cartes has reignited the debate over the independence of Paraguay’s institutions and the need to renew the country’s political leadership.
Mexico

Lynchings in Mexico: Between impunity and vigilante justice

Leopoldo Castro Teresa
The persistence of lynchings in Mexico illustrates how impunity, distrust in institutions, and growing social tensions fuel vigilante justice.
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AI

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AI and satellite data: An opportunity with major challenges for Latin America

Daniela Moctezuma Ochoa
The combination of artificial intelligence and satellite data opens enormous potential to solve urgent problems in Latin America, but it also exposes the region’s dependency and the technological challenges it faces.

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

Liliana Acosta
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.

From artificial intelligence to artificial wisdom: AI and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America

Jon Subinas
The expansion of artificial intelligence in Latin America reveals deep digital gaps that affect Indigenous Peoples, but it also opens the opportunity to incorporate their ancestral knowledge in a transition toward a more inclusive and decolonized “artificial wisdom.

Democracy

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Latin America: Low growth and old dependencies in times of uncertainty

Ximena Roncal Vattuone
With weak growth and a high dependence on external factors, Latin America faces the challenge of redefining its production model in an increasingly uncertain global environment.

The “Tiger” show and the arrival of the “Miracle Homeland” in Colombia

Andrés Londoño Niño
Abelardo De la Espriella's rise to power confirms Colombia's shift toward a hard-line right wing, marked by political theater, polarization, and promises of order.
Authoritarianism

Transitions without rupture: Lessons from Latin America...

Federico Finchelstein   |   Emmanuel Guerisoli
Latin American experiences suggest that without effective justice in the face of abuses of power, democratic transitions remain exposed to setbacks and authoritarian backsliding.
Policy

The pulse of Latin American democracy

Manuel Alcántara
Democracy in Latin America is showing signs of a slight recovery, but remains characterised by stagnation and deep divides between countries.

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The democratic challenge of turning disenchantment into progress

Michelle Muschett
Latin America's great challenge is to renew its democracies by transforming growing public disillusionment into an opportunity for progress, inclusion, and stronger institutions.
International relations

The geopolitical cost of underestimating Latin America

Constanza Mazzina   |   Lorenzo Tordelli
Whilst Europe delayed its engagement with Latin America, China quietly moved to become a key player in the region.
Ecuador

The price of speaking out in Ecuador

Jairo Andrade
In Ecuador, the cost of dissent is rising as fear, pressure, and self-censorship threaten democratic debate.

What Carmen Navas’s story says about Venezuela

William A. Clavijo
The institutional deterioration defining present-day Venezuela. What Carmen Navas’s Story Says About Venezuela.
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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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