Tag: Ideas
We are in the final stage of the campaigns with a society shaken by criminal violence and narco-politics, with the assassination of dozens of candidates, which generates fear in entire regions of the country.
Populist authoritarian leaders seek to undermine the control mechanisms that limit their ability to accumulate power. Whether in presidential or parliamentary systems, their behavior resembles more that of absolute monarchs than that of democratically elected leaders.
In Latin America, seven presidents have guerrilla backgrounds. Those who have opted for gradual changes were more successful, while those who chose rupturist projects failed.
Two months after the death of former President Piñera, his legacy is a subject of debate. For some, he was a builder of bridges and regional institutions, while others see him as the precursor of the radical populist right in the southern country.
Religion has become an instrument to reconquer voters' faith, merging with populism to sanctify politics and transform the relationship between citizens and leaders.
Crises challenge and imply the occurrence of critical moments. They reflect a road full of risks, but also of opportunities. Like driving on a road, we observe multiple signs.
Migration has become a central part of the campaign discourse across the political spectrum. In this scenario, narratives that stigmatize migrants and refugees and promote xenophobic actions, are increasingly frequent.
Social networks and unscrupulous leaders make for an explosive combination and can be a further factor in the erosion of relations between countries, as shown by the fight over X between Argentine President Javier Milei and his Colombian and Mexican counterparts.
Open Government, as the form of governance that seeks to deepen the role of citizens participating in public decision-making is known, is an alternative to the chronic threat to democracies.
The Argentinean president has not lost the ability to set the agenda and establish deep connections with his electorate and justifies the adjustments to free the country from "the caste". For now, this "war" overcomes pocketbook constraints.