The aftermath of Maduro and the dangers of “rapid” transitions: What Latin America can learn from the Middle East and Asia

After Maduro’s fall, Venezuela faces the dilemma of abrupt transitions: how to prevent the end of authoritarianism from giving rise to new forms of unstable or extractive power.
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Uruguay

Donald Trump and the New Latin American Right

The support of the new Latin American right for Donald Trump reveals how far it is willing to relativize democracy in the name of its geopolitical alignment.

Elusive majorities in Colombia

Colombia’s legislative elections confirmed a fragmented political landscape, with no clear majorities and where alliances will be decisive for governing.

Electoral notes for a potential transition in Venezuela

A potential democratic transition in Venezuela requires more than elections: it requires rebuilding the rules, the institutions, and the guarantees of the electoral system.

Política

How could Latin America capitalize on Venezuela’s oil exploitation?

The reactivation of Venezuelan oil opens an opportunity for Latin America to capture value not only in extraction, but also in industry, services, and finance.

Donald Trump and the New Latin American Right

The support of the new Latin American right for Donald Trump reveals how far it is willing to relativize democracy in the name of its geopolitical alignment.

Elusive majorities in Colombia

Colombia’s legislative elections confirmed a fragmented political landscape, with no clear majorities and where alliances will be decisive for governing.

Electoral notes for a potential transition in...

A potential democratic transition in Venezuela requires more than elections: it requires rebuilding the rules, the institutions, and the guarantees of the electoral system.

Argentina

An almost perfect plan: The establishment of a parliamentary authoritarianism

The Peruvian Congress has turned political chaos into a strategy to concentrate power and move toward an authoritarianism built from within Parliament itself.

Elusive majorities in Colombia

Colombia’s legislative elections confirmed a fragmented political landscape, with no clear majorities and where alliances will be decisive for governing.

Electoral notes for a potential transition in Venezuela

A potential democratic transition in Venezuela requires more than elections: it requires rebuilding the rules, the institutions, and the guarantees of the electoral system.

The Time for Just Transitions

The multiple transitions the region is undergoing will only be legitimate if they manage to confront the climate crisis without deepening inequality.
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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. 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).
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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