De La Espriella and Milei represent two stages of the same underdog challenge: coming to power by breaking with the system and then learning to govern it without losing the identity that brought them there.
The selection of candidates by delegates, although legal, reduces party members’ participation and concentrates power in party leadership, deepening the crisis of representation in Peru.
In Latin America, most drug-related insecurity is caused not by drug use itself, but by policies that persist in combating it through prohibition and punishment.
Democratic values continue to enjoy broad support, but institutional distrust and political polarization threaten their resilience in Latin America and Europe.
Football continues to generate collective identity in Brazil and Argentina, but media and political fragmentation have diminished its capacity to reinforce the legitimacy of the state.
