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Ideologies

Echoes of Havana: a harmful influence in the realm of ideas

Cuban influence has historically materialized on two main fronts: cultural diplomacy and academic intervention in the region.

Against authoritarianisms, without adjectives

The "far/extreme" right is often presented as the primary threat to modern democracies. However, extremism is much more diverse.

Is China communist?

Communism was a resounding failure, both from an economic-social perspective and in terms of basic freedoms and human rights. China's success is precisely becuase it is not communist.

The pink galaxy is a danger to democracy

The São Paulo Forum and the Puebla Group were protagonists and heirs of the so-called “pink tide” of left-wing governments that spread throughout the region at the beginning of the millennium.

Piñera’s complex legacy and the impulse to the far right in Chile

Two months after the death of former President Piñera, his legacy is a subject of debate. For some, he was a builder of bridges and regional institutions, while others see him as the precursor of the radical populist right in the southern country.

Why does most of the Latin American left support Putin?

In addition to the absolute support of the autocrats Maduro, Díaz-Canel and Ortega to the Russian invasion, the leftist governments of Lula da Silva and Petro have also consented to the invasion of this ultra-right regime.