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Populism

Dominion theology and the culture wars in Brazilian politics

Dominion Theology is pushing a politico-religious offensive in Brazil: occupying institutions, imposing biblical morality and waging "culture wars" against LGBTQIA+ rights, abortion and gender-sensitive education. With Bolsonaro and figures like Nikolas Ferreira, conservative Pentecostalism is gaining power, stressing the Judiciary and eroding secularism and democracy.

Bolivia: Reinventing Populism

The MAS' challenge for the next elections is to reinvent the populist discourse and adapt it to current times.

Who is the enemy of the people?

Suppose a distinctive characteristic of populism is the defense of a people excluded from the social and political benefits of democracy. Why do its...

Bukele, Milei and the tension between democracy and populism

The problem is that populist leaders and parties, while broadly accepting the rules of the democratic game, have a rhetoric that strains the pluralist component of democracy.

The influence of the European Far Right in Latin America

The advance of the far right in the European elections not only resonates in the region but may also become a driving force for the radicalization of the traditional right in Latin America.

Popular Populists

Populists are popular, so it is necessary, more than ever, to listen to them and take them seriously, before this type of leadership becomes more popular than democracy itself.