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It didn’t last long: Peru is once again without a president

The new presidential removal confirms that in Peru the problem is no longer who governs, but a system that has made instability its norm.

Cuba in the face of the twilight of the Cuban regime

The durability of the regime is largely due to a self-perception of eternity among its elite that is now beginning to face unprecedented limits.

Costa Rica’s new political landscape

The 2026 elections are reshaping politics in Costa Rica, with the presidency and Congress concentrated in a single party and an electorate mobilized around security and institutional change.

Milei resurrects Machiavelli

The pompous announcement that Machiavelli is dead was nothing more than a desperate search for a headline.

Competing visions of belief at Davos: Milei and Carney

Carney bets on an uncomfortable political formula: if the world stops believing in economic institutions dominated by Washington, its power erodes.

Gestures, attitudes, words, and pernicious exemplary acts

Politics today rewards spectacle: lies, insults, and abuses of power that become contagious and erode democratic trust.