Argentina’s democracy and the midlife crisis of the 40s
Argentina’s democracy has shown proof of resilience throughout four decades of institutional development.
Has the democratic consensus been broken in Argentina?
In the past, Argentines have experienced episodes of similar magnitude to the failed attack against Cristina de Kirchner. However, the particularity of this episode is that it occurred in the midst of a process of erosion of the democratic consensus.
New Left turn in Latin America, which Left?
If Lula da Silva’s electoral victory in Brazil is confirmed, we will be facing a scenario in which the five main economies of the region will be governed by the left.
Where could the Cuban regime evolve to?
Last July’s demonstrations in Cuba reopened a series of expectations about the possibilities of a democratic transformation of the Cuban regime. But how could we imagine such a transition process on the island?
Argentine elections: chronicle of a defeat foretold
The legislative elections in Argentina have left three fundamental facts: the triumph of the opposition at national level, the loss of the majority of the ruling party in the National Senate and the “pyrrhic defeat” of the ruling party in the province of Buenos Aires.
Argentina: of electoral coalitions and government collisions
Will the ruling coalition Frente de Todos be transformed into a front of all against all? Will the opposition alliance Juntos por el Cambio manage to preserve its unity in diversity? It would seem that in Argentina we are in the presence of a presidentialism of collision rather than of coalition.