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The “ollas” of micro-trafficking in Colombia: A national and transnational security problem

The micro-trafficking hubs in Colombia have evolved into complex criminal nodes that weave together territorial control, illegal economies, and social exploitation, becoming a national and transnational security problem.
Organized Crime
Development
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Uruguay

Indigenous women in Latin American politics: Formal democracy, real exclusion

Indigenous women who enter politics in Latin America face systematic intersectional violence which, despite legal advances, continues to be rendered invisible and exposes the gap between formal democracy and real inclusion.

Geopolitics of legal knowledge: Latin America’s role in shaping international norms

Latin America is moving from being a recipient of norms to becoming an influential producer of legal knowledge that is transforming international law.

An absent Europe and a divided Latin America: Has the dialogue run out of steam?

Europe steps back and Latin America fractures at the 4th EU–CELAC Summit, casting doubt on whether the bi-regional dialogue still has a future.

Política

Reducing violence: Latin America’s pending economic policy

Violence operates as a “hidden tax” that costs Latin America 3.5% of its GDP and chokes investment, productivity, and development, making security the region’s major outstanding economic policy.

Indigenous women in Latin American politics: Formal democracy, real exclusion

Indigenous women who enter politics in Latin America face systematic intersectional violence which, despite legal advances, continues to be rendered invisible and exposes the gap between formal democracy and real inclusion.

Geopolitics of legal knowledge: Latin America’s role...

Latin America is moving from being a recipient of norms to becoming an influential producer of legal knowledge that is transforming international law.

An absent Europe and a divided Latin...

Europe steps back and Latin America fractures at the 4th EU–CELAC Summit, casting doubt on whether the bi-regional dialogue still has a future.

Argentina

From gold to seats: Illegal mining and Peru’s 2026 elections

Illegal mining bursts onto the scene in Peru's 2026 elections as a political force capable of influencing candidates, laws, and parties in a country where gold carries as much weight as votes.

Geopolitics of legal knowledge: Latin America’s role in shaping international norms

Latin America is moving from being a recipient of norms to becoming an influential producer of legal knowledge that is transforming international law.

An absent Europe and a divided Latin America: Has the dialogue run out of steam?

Europe steps back and Latin America fractures at the 4th EU–CELAC Summit, casting doubt on whether the bi-regional dialogue still has a future.

Who brings the bread home? When pay parity collides with gender stereotypes

When a woman earns more than her partner, the home can become a mirror of cultural tensions that still bind female success to the weight of guilt and wounded masculinity.

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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.
Jerónimo Giorgi

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Executive Director of the IPSE Intelligence research institute. Researcher in public opinion, discursive framing in the media and computer sciences.
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).
Director of CIEPS - International Center for Political and Social Studies, AIP-Panama. Professor Emeritus at the University of Salamanca and UPB (Medellín). Latest books: "The profession of politician" (Tecnos Madrid, 2020) and "Traces of a tired democracy" (Océano Atlántico Editores, 2024).
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.
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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