The power of corporate lobbying and the extreme concentration of wealth are deepening inequality and weakening social and democratic foundations, pushing economies toward a growing risk of social fracture.
Costa Rica is facing elections marked by uncertainty and the rise of political personalism, putting one of Latin America’s most stable democracies to the test amid an unprecedented scenario of volatility.
Amid anemic economic growth, rising debt, and mounting internal and external pressures, Mexico faces in 2026 the challenge of governing scarcity without eroding its fragile political and institutional balance.
The detention of Cilia Flores alongside Nicolás Maduro reignites the debate over the real power of first ladies in Latin America and lays bare how a role without formal oversight can become a key political actor within authoritarian regimes.
The new mining fever places Latin America back at the center of the global dispute, deepening extractivism, dependency, and territorial conflict under the language of the energy transition and development.
The advance of new right-wing movements in Latin America cannot be explained solely by ideological cycles; rather, it reflects their ability to transform deep and anomic social discontent into a coherent political project.
