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How does football shape politics in Latin America?

David Gómez
In Latin America, football is not only played; it is lived and politicized. It unites nations, stirs passions, and also serves those in power.
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Uruguay

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‘Hondurasgate’ and the tragedy of automatic alignment in Latin America

Alberto Maresca
A transnational disinformation network involving actors from Honduras, Argentina, Israel, and the United States reveals how automatic alignment continues to undermine Latin American autonomy and deepen external interference in the region’s political disputes.

The Caribbean as the United States’ Chessboard

Sebastián Godínez Rivera
Washington’s renewed activism in the region revives the logic of the Monroe Doctrine and repositions the Caribbean as a strategic axis of its hemispheric influence.

The gamification of politics: Peru’s 2026 elections in the Roblox metaverse

Pavel Sidorenko Bautista
Faced with an unmanageable electoral offering and an institutional system in crisis, gamification played an educational role that the formal system and the media have failed to fulfill, encouraging youth participation in voting.

Política

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Drug trafficking: The defining factor in Mexico’s relationship with the United States

Ernesto Hernández Norzagaray
Relations between the United States and Mexico on security matters landed abruptly in the state of Sinaloa when the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...

‘Hondurasgate’ and the tragedy of automatic alignment in Latin America

Alberto Maresca
A transnational disinformation network involving actors from Honduras, Argentina, Israel, and the United States reveals how automatic alignment continues to undermine Latin American autonomy and deepen external interference in the region’s political disputes.
International relations

The Caribbean as the United States’ Chessboard

Sebastián Godínez Rivera
Washington’s renewed activism in the region revives the logic of the Monroe Doctrine and repositions the Caribbean as a strategic axis of its hemispheric influence.
Elections

The gamification of politics: Peru’s 2026 elections...

Pavel Sidorenko Bautista
Faced with an unmanageable electoral offering and an institutional system in crisis, gamification played an educational role that the formal system and the media have failed to fulfill, encouraging youth participation in voting.

Argentina

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The ridiculous war between Ecuador and Colombia

Fidel Cano
The diplomatic escalation between Ecuador and Colombia threatens to worsen the border crisis and affect thousands of citizens and traders in both countries.
International relations

The Caribbean as the United States’ Chessboard

Sebastián Godínez Rivera
Washington’s renewed activism in the region revives the logic of the Monroe Doctrine and repositions the Caribbean as a strategic axis of its hemispheric influence.
Elections

The gamification of politics: Peru’s 2026 elections in the Roblox metaverse

Pavel Sidorenko Bautista
Faced with an unmanageable electoral offering and an institutional system in crisis, gamification played an educational role that the formal system and the media have failed to fulfill, encouraging youth participation in voting.

Freedom of the press is once again under siege in Latin America

Marcela Ríos Tobar
Recent measures from political power intensify the deterioration of press freedom and increase the risks faced by independent journalism.
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The hidden face of AI governance: the invisible rules keeping Latin...

Artificial intelligence
Global AI governance moves forward without Latin America, which adopts foreign rules while its voice remains absent from the tables where the digital future is decided.
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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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