2025 looms as a pivotal year in which the old order no longer works, but the new has yet to find a place, protagonists, or a shared sense of meaning.

Bolsonaro and Chávez, from opposite ideological poles, share the same political resource: the use of religious symbols and narratives to construct themselves as messianic leaders and legitimize power projects that strain liberal democracy.

The citizens’ rejection of Noboa’s consultation laid bare an uncomfortable truth: without concrete results in security, health, and the economy, no political narrative can be sustained.

Democracy faces today a silent danger: the citizens’ support for leaders who, from the ballot box, learn how to dismantle it.

Latin America is moving from being a recipient of norms to becoming an influential producer of legal knowledge that is transforming international law.

In a region where pessimism is growing and people live only for today, politics struggles to reconnect with citizens overwhelmed by uncertainty.