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Latin America and the new mining fever: Extraction and global dispute

The new mining fever places Latin America back at the center of the global dispute, deepening extractivism, dependency, and territorial conflict under the language of the energy transition and development.
Extractivism
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Balance político de América Latina en 2025

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Trump, la estrategia de seguridad nacional y la región

Uruguay

Without rules, the rule of the global gendarme

Beneath yesterday’s moral rhetoric and Trump’s barefaced cynicism today, the powers once again lay bare an uncomfortable truth: without rules or disguises, the United States presents itself as a global gendarme in the service of its own interests.

The political right returns to power in Honduras

After a delayed election marked by allegations of fraud and external interference, the victory of Nasry Asfura confirms the return of the right to power in Honduras and opens a new scenario of political tension.

Come get me!

When Nicolás Maduro challenged the world with a “Come get me!”, he did not imagine that this shout would mark the beginning of the end of his power and open an uncertain transition for Venezuela.

Política

Institutional paralysis, multilateral regression, and the deepening of imperial practices

International politics functions like a theatrical play: it organizes narratives, defines characters, and establishes climaxes, generating a permanent dialogue with its audience. This imaginative...

Without rules, the rule of the global gendarme

Beneath yesterday’s moral rhetoric and Trump’s barefaced cynicism today, the powers once again lay bare an uncomfortable truth: without rules or disguises, the United States presents itself as a global gendarme in the service of its own interests.

The political right returns to power in...

After a delayed election marked by allegations of fraud and external interference, the victory of Nasry Asfura confirms the return of the right to power in Honduras and opens a new scenario of political tension.

Come get me!

When Nicolás Maduro challenged the world with a “Come get me!”, he did not imagine that this shout would mark the beginning of the end of his power and open an uncertain transition for Venezuela.

Argentina

Kast and the lessons of Boric’s presidency

The resounding victory of José Antonio Kast opens a new political cycle in Chile and poses the challenge of learning from the mistakes and limitations that marked Gabriel Boric’s presidency in order to build governability in a fragmented landscape.

The political right returns to power in Honduras

After a delayed election marked by allegations of fraud and external interference, the victory of Nasry Asfura confirms the return of the right to power in Honduras and opens a new scenario of political tension.

Come get me!

When Nicolás Maduro challenged the world with a “Come get me!”, he did not imagine that this shout would mark the beginning of the end of his power and open an uncertain transition for Venezuela.

Against the usurpers: whether dictators or imperialists

The Venezuelan crisis does not mean to choose between the Chavista authoritarian rule and unilateral imperial intervention from the U.S. Both represent unacceptable forms of usurpation of sovereignty and democratic will.

El resumen semanal de los temas más importantes de la región

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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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