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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFictiocracy: democracy as an illusionLatin America is the domain of democracy as an illusion. An illusion that is maintained by its governments’...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaArgentina, now to be run by its proprietorsThe Argentine electoral system exhibited its virtues by showing that an incumbent can be defeated, and a...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLatin America seeks decisive role at COP21 in ParisAbout 25% of the world’s farmable land, 22% of its forests, and 31% of fresh water are found in Latin America. The...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPortugal´s shortest-lived GovernmentThe XX Constitutional Government of Portugal lasted just twelve days. A leftist’s coalition has brought together the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCuba´s slow-motion transitional processEconomic and democratic liberalization should have to wait for the end of US embargo. Meanwhile, Cuba maintains its...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLatin American public health is not for saleEven in “progressive” countries like Ecuador, healthcare public policies are being strongly interfered with by...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaParis: assembling the fragmentsThe “13/11” massacre reveals the scale of the ISIS threat. That makes a coherent response vital. Português. Español.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaArgentina elections: a shift to the right?The second round of the presidential elections would certainly bring the end of Kirchnerism, in one way or another....
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe end of Latin America’s left turn? Ecuador may disappoint youBeyond the current shift of the economic cycle, and the huge opposition its government has met, Ecuador’s success...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe coup in Brazil has already happenedThere is no denying the severe economic crisis Brazil is going through. Dilma Rousseff’s government is reacting to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaOn the end of ChavismForthcoming elections in Venezuela may not be about the continuity or the end of Chavism, but rather on how the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow free is freedom in Angola?Henrique Luaty and other Angolan activists were arrested for allegedly planning to overthrow the President. His...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAren't we all Guatemala?Jimmy Morales, a television comedian, has been elected to replace president Otto Pérez Molina, who resigned on...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMegateo, the armed groups and the future of the people of Colombia’s CatatumboMegateo was one of the most wanted drug traffickers in Colombia. His death on October 2, 2015 was a major blow, but...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaArgentina and the closing of the cycleAt the runoff on November 22, Argentinians will have to choose their next president, but they have already decided...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaArgentina’s runoff to be determined by a penalty shoot-outArgentinian society could be divided into thirds: a Kirchnerist third, an anti-Kirchnerist third, and an undecided...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Landless Workers Movement and Brazil’s triple crisisBrazil is currently undergoing a triple crisis - economic, urban and political – and the government is responding to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLatin America on Democratic AlertAt a moment when Latin America finds itself at an economic and political crossroads, there is an urgent need to map...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe resistance of the Kaiowá GuaraníIn the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso do Sul, the indigenous people’s truth is still being denied at gunpoint by the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAn answer to the “end of cycle” prophets in Latin AmericaThe historical successes of progressive governments are undeniable, according to Atilio Borón and Álvaro García...