Public opinion

New wellness rituals in Latin America

More and more Latin Americans are turning to new wellness practices in search of something that traditional institutions no longer seem to offer.

Latin America’s Cities See the Symptoms but Miss the Causes

Latin Americans recognize urgent problems but fail to prioritize the structural solutions needed to solve them.

Half of Cubans believe the socialist model should be abandoned

While the decline in support for democracy in Latin America is due to its inefficiency in generating more equality before the law, justice, dignity and wealth distribution, the Cuban case should serve as a reminder that authoritarianism does not provide these either.

Costa Rica today: balancers of optimism?

Every society and nation needs a dose of optimism to move forward. Positive values such as well-being and human development are associated with happiness...

Goodbye winters?

With radical changes in climate, our habits, perceptions, and reactions to the causes should change. But is that what public opinion data tell us?

The rise of the multispecies family

Changes in family structures and the increase in the number of people living alone leave uncovered spaces at the affective level that are increasingly occupied by pets, four-legged companions.