Tag: Debates

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.

With a legislative majority and a consultation process underway, Claudia Sheinbaum's government is pushing for a new electoral reform that opens the debate on its true objectives and its effects on competition and political plurality in Mexico.

Equating good governance with security—whether national or "human"—is a fallacy that hides the weakness of the state and legitimizes militarization instead of strengthening democracy.

Maduro’s fall ends an era, but Venezuela’s democratic future remains uncertain amid violence, fragmentation, and foreign intervention.

A decisive scenario is unfolding in Venezuela where, beyond Maduro, control of weapons, money, and the rules of the game will determine the fate of the democratic transition.

Trade pressures from the United States, disguised as bilateral agreements, erode multilateralism and deepen Latin America's economic vulnerability.

If the system does not guarantee freedoms, justice, participation, and equality, other actors—often authoritarian and populist—will fill that void.

With the ban on access to social media for those under 16, Australia shines a light on the global debate about how to protect children and adolescents from the excesses of an unregulated digital ecosystem.

In a 2025 marked by punitive polls, fragmented systems, and democracies under pressure, Latin America confirmed that voting remains an instrument of change, but no longer a guarantee of stability or democratic strengthening.

Between the promise of democratizing justice and the risk of subjecting it to political power, judicial elections in Bolivia and Mexico reopen a key question.