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The opposition vice president: An old story in Bolivian politics

When the person who should be the president’s main ally decides to confront him publicly, Bolivian politics once again reveals a recurring fracture: that of the vice president who turns the office into a platform for opposition.

Ecuador 2026: a year of tensions ahead

With record levels of violence, a weakened government, and an impending electoral scenario, Ecuador is heading toward 2026 amid political tensions, institutional fragility, and unmet social demands.

Mexico’s challenges in 2026

Amid anemic economic growth, rising debt, and mounting internal and external pressures, Mexico faces in 2026 the challenge of governing scarcity without eroding its fragile political and institutional balance.

The politicization of discontent

The advance of new right-wing movements in Latin America cannot be explained solely by ideological cycles; rather, it reflects their ability to transform deep and anomic social discontent into a coherent political project.

2025: The end of an era? Where? For whom?

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.

In the name of God: the messianic nature of populism

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.