Tag: Ideas

Javier Milei has become a symbolic reference for opposition candidates who appeal to the economic malaise and promise a 'chainsaw' to cut state spending in a country tired of almost 20 years of leftist governments.

If millions of undocumented workers are deported, the U.S. will face three difficult choices: import more agricultural laborers, raise wages substantially to attract legal domestic workers, or import more food.

Chile welcomed progressive presidents, including Spain’s Pedro Sánchez, under the banner Democracy Always. But is that message consistent with what’s actually happening within each of their countries?

In Latin America, generosity abounds, however, much of it remains invisible. Transforming it into a culture of sustained giving is key to building stronger communities.

Argentina’s politics is stuck in a nostalgic loop, hindering forward-looking solutions to long-standing social and economic challenges.

While inequality in Latin America rises, an elite of the ultra-rich accumulates power and wealth at the expense of weakening democracy.

Latin America is one of the most peaceful regions without wars between nations, but also one of the most violent in the world. Without declared war, its cities register more deaths than many countries in armed conflicts.

Latin America experienced the emergence of outsiders in politics before the rest of the world as a response to citizen frustration and the erosion of traditional parties. What is still surprising in other countries has become routine in the region and offers insight to understand the current challenges of global democracy.

Trump is not the cause of global disorder, but rather the most vocal symptom of a system that was already crumbling.

July 4, 2025, marks not only a national holiday, but also an uncomfortable portrait of the political, scientific, and diplomatic present of the United States under Trump's second term.