Every four years, we think the FIFA World Cup is only about football. But all it takes is a closer look to realize that it also speaks about democracy, inequality, institutions, leadership, and the rules of the game.
Latin America is making progress on multiple fronts, but the lack of coordination between economic, social, and institutional advances prevents these gains from being translated into sustained well-being.
The protests by producers and transporters highlight a structural crisis in the Mexican countryside, marked by insecurity, food dependency, and the absence of a long-term agricultural policy.
Brazil’s and Uruguay’s oil bets reveal the tensions between their climate rhetoric and a development model that still prioritizes fossil fuels despite the environmental urgency.
In Latin America, disasters are not acts of nature, but the result of development decisions that manufacture vulnerability and risk from their very origin.
