Enrique Gomáriz Moraga has been researcher at FLACSO in Chile and other countries in the region. He was a consultant for international agencies (UNDP, IDRC, IDB). He studied Political Sociology at the Univ. of Leeds (England) wit R. Miliband.
Brazil and the United States have long played the double game of being allies and competitors on the international stage, but the war in Ukraine has increased divergences.
There is sufficient agreement among Brazilian analysts that the recent assault on the buildings of the public authorities has the immediate effect of opening a window of opportunity in favor of Lula da Silva's government.
The mandate that is beginning looks uphill and the first signs of this journey show that the goal promised by Lula of uniting Brazilians is little less than unattainable.
Progressive governments in the region, far from pushing leftist agendas, must achieve a balance between moderate implementation of these agendas and broad agreements with opposition forces to avoid polarization.
After holding his breath for 45 hours, waiting for President Bolsonaro to publicly accept the decision of the Superior Electoral Court that makes his...
Despite the landslide defeat in the Chilean plebiscite, broad sectors of the Latin American left continued to cherish the idea of a new progressive cycle in the region until the Brazilian elections eve.
