Using democracy for its own destruction
Today’s populist, dictatorial and even tyrannical regimes do not begin their journey with a violent coup but through the ballot box.
The threat of transient authoritarianism
Politics does not respond to established patterns, but to the inputs and outputs of national contexts. So, although populism may weaken institutionality, it will not prevail over democracy.
The challenges of the opposition primaries in Venezuela
The National Primary Commission defined a date for the opposition forces measuring themselves electorally and establish a unitary candidacy for the next presidential election.
The road to authoritarianism in Peru is affirmed
Already in its third month, Dina Boluarte’s government leaves little doubt about its authoritarian profile.
Daniel Ortega’s pressure cooker
Today there is no dissent allowed in Nicaragua. For how long this situation can be maintained?
The Argentine government endorsed authoritarianism at the CELAC Summit
An analysis of the debate over the Argentine president’s invitation to the presidents of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to the CELAC Summit.
Bukele, Reelection and Caudillismo
With the announcement that he will run for reelection in 2024, the continent’s most popular president approaches the pantheon of Latin American leaders who circumvented national constitutions to govern longer.
Witnesses who are hostages
It would seem that the war in Eastern Europe, except for the impact of the related economic crisis and the expectations of a “new global order”, is a foreign issue for Latin America.
The corruption trap in authoritarian regimes
The interests that a democratic government might have in fighting corruption do not exist in dictatorships. In fact, their permanence in power is largely due to corruption.
Nayib Bukele, a media president
Bukele is one of those people who awaken passions. Either you love him or you hate him. To date, he is the most popular president in the country’s democratic history. Neither his many mistakes as president nor his notorious authoritarian vocation have made a dent in his popularity.