Paraguay decides on Sunday
On Sunday, April 30, general elections will be held in Paraguay and everything indicates that the dispute will be between the ruling Colorado Party and the National Concertación.
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.
A real defense of democracy
Democratic practices must be nurtured in the most varied social contexts, without being limited to formal institutional politics.
The state of democracy in Latin America
The Summit for Summit 2023 is being held virtually on March 29 and 30. It is an excellent pretext to reflect on the state of democracy in Latin America.
Mexico: a democracy without millennials?
Young people are probably taking their protest to the digital world, where they may find greater resonance for their messages.
Argentina’s democracy and the midlife crisis of the 40s
Argentina’s democracy has shown proof of resilience throughout four decades of institutional development.
Not every presidential interruption is a coup d’état
The use of the concept of “coup d’état”, beyond its political-constitutional conceptualization, tends to enter the realm of narrative.
What we know and what we ignore about democracy
If we take into account Polybius we would know that democracy is not necessarily displaced by autocracy, it is usually transformed into demagogy.
Constitutional rituals in Mexico
The country is in the run-up to the elections in the states of Mexico and Coahuila next summer and the general elections in 2024.
Democracy: how and where are we going?
Our current dispute on democracy has a heroic dimension in which “saving democracy” implies a symbolic and material violence that we may not be able to avoid.