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Democracy

Kakistocracy in Latin America

The current era of weakened democracies is gradually leading to the formation of governments composed of low-quality members.

Elon Musk, the genie out of the bottle 

Trump's victory back in the White House may be the South African tycoon's most successful investment, moving from risk-taker to king-maker.

Reconciliation with Politics

In the last month, a sequence of diverse events can be considered to argue for the existence of a favorable arena of evident reconciliation with politics.

Compulsory voting and the challenges of democracy in Latin America

Compulsory voting is a common feature in Latin America: 13 countries in the region have decided that suffrage is not only a right, but...

Ideas to save democracy (also in Latin America)

Make no mistake: democracy is not a social welfare program, but primarily a political system for making collective decisions peacefully.

Precarious states

In Latin America, the absence of state control—or, if preferred, the state’s precarious capacity to delineate its territory and exercise sovereignty under international treaties—is stark.