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Diego M. Raus

Director of the Degree in Political Science and Government of the National University of Lanús. Regular professor of the School of Social Sciences of the Univ. of Buenos Aires UBA. Degree in Sociology from the UBA and in Political Science from Flacso-Argentina.

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Peruvian polarization is a heightened reflection of the region

What is more difficult, to govern with a program that identifies itself as Marxist in a globalized world or to achieve a minimum consensus for governance in an election where two antagonistic programs divide the electorate equally?

Ecuador’s election and the corsi and recorsi of Latin American politics

Latin America is a particular region in many respects. Of course, politics could not be less so. Unpredictability, ups and downs, euphoria and depression, periods of economic boom and fulminating crisis. Lefts and rights.

Will conflicts re-emerge after the pandemic?

The political landscape in the region, convulsed by strong and violent protests before the pandemic, seems to have recovered some calm with the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis. However, it is difficult to believe that the protests will not be repeated.