Democracy

The pulse of Latin American democracy

Democracy in Latin America is showing signs of a slight recovery, but remains characterised by stagnation and deep divides between countries.

Crime and Democracy: Latin America’s Crossroads

The expansion of organized crime in Latin America no longer only threatens security; it also silently erodes institutions and puts democracy across the region at risk.

Voting is no longer enough: The crisis of contemporary democracy

The report warns that global democracy is experiencing a historic setback, in which elections no longer guarantee democratic systems in the face of the sustained advance of autocratization.

The day the obvious was “discovered”

The world “discovers,” with an official stamp, what was already known: that growth without limits destroys life—and the real novelty is the crack it opens to change the narrative.

The aftermath of Maduro and the dangers of “rapid” transitions: What Latin America can learn from the Middle East and Asia

After Maduro’s fall, Venezuela faces the dilemma of abrupt transitions: how to prevent the end of authoritarianism from giving rise to new forms of unstable or extractive power.

The Empire of the Rich: Inequality, Power, and Democracy at Risk

The growing concentration of wealth in the hands of a global elite threatens to capture political power and erode the very foundations of democracy.