In a world that is reorganizing itself beyond the bounds of rules and oversight, democracies face the urgent challenge of resisting the advance of authoritarian leadership without renouncing their own limits.
Extreme wealth concentration not only deepens inequality, but also threatens the very survival of democracy by turning political power into a privilege of economic elites.
In Latin America, corruption is not an anomaly of the democratic system, but rather a structural cog that weakens it, fuels populism, and perpetuates inequality.
The crisis of democracy does not stem from mobilized masses, but from economic elites who, operating from within, have learned to govern without accountability.
The year 2025 left democracies alive but exhausted and a reconfigured political map. Amid fears and emergencies, the majority chose security. Are we facing a drift toward a punitive order?
