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Why Cuba denies its political prisoners

Michael Lima Cuadra
For nearly seven decades, the Cuban government has denied the existence of political prisoners, a strategy aimed at delegitimizing dissent and concealing repression.
Cuba
Amnesty Now: The Fight to Free Cuba’s Political Prisoners
Authoritarianism
The 3,300 political prisoners in Latin America
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Digital violence against women: The invisible cost of participating

Marcela Ríos Tobar   |   Alejandra Sepúlveda Peñaranda
Digital gender-based violence seeks to silence women in public life and threatens the quality of democracies; therefore, combating it requires a joint response from institutions and digital platforms.

Two moments and a speech

Manuel Alcántara
The U.S. military deployment in Latin America and the dispute over the UN Secretary-General’s post reveal Washington’s ambitions for power and its neocolonial drift.

Brazilian presidential runoff: Lula’s final reinvention?

Orestes E. Díaz Rodríguez
With Flávio Bolsonaro emerging stronger after the first round, Lula faces a decisive runoff that will test his ability to reinvent himself and the future of Brazilian democracy.

Política

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Brazil rediscovers its antidotes to democratic backsliding

Fabián Echegaray
The mobilization of civil society in the streets and on social media demonstrated that citizen participation can halt the advance of authoritarianism and defend democracy in the face of political disenchantment.

Digital violence against women: The invisible cost of participating

Marcela Ríos Tobar   |   Alejandra Sepúlveda Peñaranda
Digital gender-based violence seeks to silence women in public life and threatens the quality of democracies; therefore, combating it requires a joint response from institutions and digital platforms.
International relations

Two moments and a speech

Manuel Alcántara
The U.S. military deployment in Latin America and the dispute over the UN Secretary-General’s post reveal Washington’s ambitions for power and its neocolonial drift.
Elections

Brazilian presidential runoff: Lula’s final reinvention?

Orestes E. Díaz Rodríguez
With Flávio Bolsonaro emerging stronger after the first round, Lula faces a decisive runoff that will test his ability to reinvent himself and the future of Brazilian democracy.

Argentina

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What Mercosur can learn from the European Union to defend democracy

Caio Ribeiro Coêlho
Mercosur has already suspended countries due to democratic breakdowns. The challenge lies in applying this tool with clear criteria, without bias, and with the capacity to yield results.
International relations

Two moments and a speech

Manuel Alcántara
The U.S. military deployment in Latin America and the dispute over the UN Secretary-General’s post reveal Washington’s ambitions for power and its neocolonial drift.
Elections

Brazilian presidential runoff: Lula’s final reinvention?

Orestes E. Díaz Rodríguez
With Flávio Bolsonaro emerging stronger after the first round, Lula faces a decisive runoff that will test his ability to reinvent himself and the future of Brazilian democracy.

Judge, jury and liberator? Bukele’s changeable plans for conditional release

Charli McMackin
Bukele softens his plan to release thousands of prisoners amid political and economic pressure, reigniting questions about his motives.
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Leonardo Magalhães
Executive Director of the IPSE Intelligence research institute. Researcher in public opinion, discursive framing in the media and computer sciences.
Alejandro García Magos
Political scientist and economist. PhD from the University of Toronto. Senior Editor at Global Brief Magazine. Social Research Design Specialist at RIWI Corp. (Real-Time Interactive World-Wide Intelligence).
Manuel Alcántara
Director of CIEPS - International Center for Political and Social Studies, AIP-Panama. Honorary Emeritus Professor at the University of Salamanca and UPB (Medellín). Latest books: "El oficio de politico" (Tecnos Madrid, 2020), "Huellas de la Democracy Fatigada" (Océano Atlántico Editores, 2024) and "Cuando la política dejó de ser lo que era" (Océano Atlántico Editores, 2025).
Maria Regina Soares de Lima
Professor and researcher at the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State Universityt of Rio de Janeiro (IESP/UERJ). Coordinator of the South American Political Observatory (OPSA). PhD in Political Science from Vanderbilt University.
Mateo Jarquín
Historian and professor at Chapman University (California). PHd from Harvard University. His writings on Latin American politics have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among other international media.
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