In the Andean country, a record level of party fragmentation has been made official: a total of 43 political parties have been authorized to run for the presidency in the upcoming elections.

As in any process of “democratic autocratization”, Noboa needs to mold the institutional context to his image and likeness as Chavez did in Venezuela, Correa in Ecuador, Bukele in El Salvador and Donald Trump in the United States.

In a context of normalized corruption and violence, Ecuador preferred stability, albeit mediocre, rather than risk the unknown.

No scenario is more detrimental to the pursuit of economic equity, social justice, human rights, and the strengthening of democracy in Brazil than the potential return of the far right to power.

In the same way that debates on international trade are being reopened today, the fragility of certain consensuses that were taken for granted is becoming evident.

The polarization of the vote between two main candidacies contrasts with the high fragmentation of the social base, reflected in the large number of political organizations.