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Cilia Flores: the combative first lady
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.
Latin America and the new mining fever: Extraction and global dispute
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 politicization of discontent
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.