Latin America's great challenge is to renew its democracies by transforming growing public disillusionment into an opportunity for progress, inclusion, and stronger institutions.
Democracy faces growing pressures from polarization, insecurity, and citizen disillusionment, reigniting the debate over the roles of the State and citizenship in strengthening democratic governance.
Growing public disillusionment with democracies that are unable to guarantee welfare, representation and a shared future is putting Latin America’s political and social stability to the test.
The return of anti-drug policies based on repression threatens to exacerbate violence, strengthen organized crime, and weaken Latin American democracies.
Latin American democracies face growing pressure—disinformation, crime, migration, and inequality—that tests their capacity to withstand erosion and reinvent themselves.
