Political scientist, professor of the FLACSO Program in Paraguay and consultant in strategic planning. Former Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Master in Political Science from FLACSO-Mexico.
The democratic paradigm was installed in Latin America with greater aplomb than in other regions during the third wave of democratization. But it is currently suffering from corruption, drug trafficking, the far right, authoritarian leftists and inequality.
In December 2023, Brazil transfers the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur to Paraguay, and in the same month the deadline for concluding the agreement with the European Union expires.
The elections in the region have given life to a group of conflicting characters who really live "out of the box", but Payo Cubas occupies a prominent position.
Latin America, in general, joined the position of the global South regarding the war in Ukraine and even the reflection on active nonalignment has arisen.
One of the areas in which the future president and the government's own program of the Historical Pact did not delve too deeply is international relations. What can we expect from the new government?
Petro was prepared to compete with a sort of "Duque's version", but a Bolsonaro-Trump Colombian version emerged, who moved from Facebook and Twitter to TikTok, and who has two well-known props in the region: anti-corruption and anti-politics discourses.
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the importance of "regional spaces" based on a commonwealth of ideas, political postulates and common cultural features has been revived. This is the condition for greater and better economic integration.
From the perspective of international law, Russia's aggression against Ukraine cannot be excused. However, the positioning of some political actors of the Latin American left generates consternation.
Paraguay will hold general elections in a little over a year, and while the region is undergoing changes of rudder, it is likely that Paraguayans will opt for continuity as the ruling Colorado Party appears to be on track to maintain power.
