Social networks

Hostages or strategists? Party discourse in the face of algorithmic dictatorship

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?
Artificial Intelligence
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Elections
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International policy

After the World Cup: The pitch also signals a new global order

Luis Miguel Santibáñez Suárez
The World Cup reflected an increasingly multipolar world and offered a lesson for Latin America: autonomy and development require strong institutions, sustained investment, and a strategy of its own.
China

Washing one’s hands by blaming China

Ottón Solís
The West blames China for its industrial weaknesses, but it would do better to learn from China’s investment, planning, and long-term policies—lessons far more valuable than trade wars and anti-China rhetoric.
financial market

Financial Redundancy: The New Architecture of Development Finance

Danilo Desiderio
As global development finance becomes increasingly fragmented, developing countries are seeking to establish alternative channels to secure the flow of capital. Yet this financial redundancy also brings risks: rising debt burdens, greater administrative complexity, and a persistent dependence on the world's leading reserve currencies.
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Brazil and AI diplomacy: lessons for Colombia and Bolivia

Roberto García Alonso   |   Ulf Thoene
Brazil is banking on AI as a cornerstone of its technological sovereignty and diplomacy, whilst Colombia and Bolivia face the challenge of translating regulation into tangible capabilities.

The truth in times of synthetic images

Daniel Andrés Mosquera   |   Yolanda Suárez Topete
In the era of synthetic images, artificial intelligence blurs the boundary between seeing and believing, eroding shared truth and democratic trust.

AI and digital refuge: How technology is redesigning our bonds

Constanza Cilley
In Latin America, artificial intelligence no longer merely connects us; it has become a digital refuge that replaces part of our bonds.

Democracy

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No Fair Play: Taking Stock of the World Cup

Ariel Dulitzky
Beyond Spain's victory, the World Cup once again exposed FIFA's contradictions: politicized decision-making, a lack of transparency, commercial interests, and the uneven enforcement of its rules on human rights, discrimination, and freedom of expression.

The paradox of disinformation: How the Venezuelan case debunks Trump’s election fraud narrative

Jesús Delgado Valery
Trump invokes the Venezuelan case to support his election fraud narrative, but the evidence shows that technology has been instrumental in exposing it.
USA

The Americas at 250: A Shared Democratic...

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.
Democracy

The democratic challenge of turning disenchantment into...

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.

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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.
Cuba

How far can U.S. pressure on the Cuban regime go?

Johannes Hügel   |   Nikolaus Rischbieter
The Cuban regime’s deepest crisis coincides with a strategy of maximum pressure driven by Washington. The objective is to force a political transition, but the use of force no longer appears to be an implausible scenario.
Internet

The last ownerless territory: Antarctica and the 2048 window

Florencia Davidzon
As 2048 approaches, Antarctica's greatest challenge is no longer sovereignty, but the construction of a global framework to protect the last territory without an owner.

The FSLN drops the mask: from electoral farce to one-party rule

Enrique Martínez
Daniel Ortega's declaration that Nicaragua will no longer hold elections exposes the FSLN's transition from electoral authoritarianism to outright one-party rule.
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