Tag: Ideas
The year 2025 left democracies alive but exhausted and a reconfigured political map. Amid fears and emergencies, the majority chose security. Are we facing a drift toward a punitive order?
2025 looms as a pivotal year in which the old order no longer works, but the new has yet to find a place, protagonists, or a shared sense of meaning.
While in developed countries productivity drives high-quality employment, in Latin America technological progress is increasing efficiency at the cost of greater informality and less formal employment.
Initial support for Trump's anti-immigrant policy is beginning to erode, as U.S. public opinion accepts border control but rejects methods that violate human rights and dignity.
The United States’ withdrawal from multilateralism accelerates the fragmentation of the inter-American system and opens a “post-American” scenario in which China advances amid weakened regional governance.
The Chilean runoff revives the dilemma between a worn-down governing coalition and a right wing that arouses democratic misgivings, raising the question of whether the country will repeat its history or open a new path.
Violence operates as a “hidden tax” that costs Latin America 3.5% of its GDP and chokes investment, productivity, and development, making security the region’s major outstanding economic policy.
In Panama, the historical influence of the United States over the Canal continues to shape the country's politics, economy, and social tensions.
El Salvador is experiencing the collapse of its post-war democratic system, while Bukele concentrates power under an authoritarian model legitimized by the promise of security.
Uncle Donald, beyond the Disney comics, continues to show how fantasy reflects and questions power relations and politics in Latin America.