The return of the generals? Civil-military relations in Latin America at times of pandemic

Román D. Ortiz. ARI 141/2020 (English version) - 10/12/2020.

This paper analyses changes in civil-military relations in Latin America in the crisis scenario created by the rise of organised crime, the deterioration in the socio-economic situation and the pandemic.

Balancing between giants, Latin-America’s international cybersecurity position

Nathalie Van Raemdonck. ARI 104/2020 - 14/9/2020.

Latin American states have benefited from regional cooperation to improve their cybersecurity but are not leveraging this cooperation for issues of international peace and stability in cyberspace. This paper examines the region’s international role and balancing exercise.

Russia in Latin America: repercussions for Spain

Mira Milosevich-Juaristi. WP 13/2020 (English version) - 10/7/2020.

Russia’s future role in Latin America and how its actions will benefit or harm Spain remain unclear.

The coronavirus crisis in Latin America: increased presidential power without solid foundations

Carlos Malamud & Rogelio Núñez. ARI 45/2020 (English version) - 14/4/2020.

The coronavirus crisis in Latin America has resulted in increased presidential power in countries without the institutional strength to support their leaders and hold them to account.

COVID-19 in Latin America: political challenges, trials for health systems and economic uncertainty

Carlos Malamud & Rogelio Núñez. ARI 36/2020 (English version) - 6/4/2020.

What will be the impact COVID-19, or coronavirus, on Latin America, its societies, its governments and its economies?

Blackouts in Venezuela: why the power system failed and how to fix it

Lisa Viscidi & Nate Graham. Expert Comment 10/2019 - 22/4/2019.

When the lights went out on 7 March many Venezuelans would hardly have been surprised. Electricity rationing has become routine over the past decade. However, this blackout quickly proved to be different to most.

The political expansion of evangelical churches in Latin America

Carlos Malamud. ARI 131/2018 (English version) - 12/12/2018.

The presence of evangelical churches in the political life of various Latin American countries has increased significantly in recent years.

What foreign policy now for Brazil?

Carlos Malamud. ARI 120/2018 - 12/11/2018.

On 1 January 2019 Jair Bolsonaro will become the next President of Brazil. What could be the key elements of the new Administration’s foreign policy?

The Brazilian elections

Esther Solano Gallego. ARI 111/2018 - 4/10/2018.

The upcoming Brazilian elections are unfolding in an atmosphere of intense political and economic crisis, and it is not yet clear whether the second round will once again shape up as the classic confrontation between the Workers’ Party (PT) and the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).

The anger vote: the new (or not so new) Latin American electoral phenomenon

Carlos Malamud and Rogelio Núñez. ARI 107/2018 (English version) - 20/9/2018.

Latin America’s intense electoral season has reflected its broad heterogeneity; nevertheless, the recent elections have also revealed the emergence of a cross-cutting phenomenon –the ‘anger vote’– common to the entire region.