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Democracy in Latin America

Chilean citizens vote during the second round of the 2024 regional elections in Santiago (Chile). The building is a metal-structured hall with a vaulted roof and large windows that allow plenty of natural light to enter. In the middle of the room, several voting booths are arranged in the centre of the hall. Latin America
Latin America

Fifty years of economic and political cycles in Latin America: ‘voting with the wallet’ still rules

By Ernesto Talvi, José Pablo Martínez
02 Apr 2025 //
14 mins Reading time
Claudia Sheinbaum and Andrés Manuel López Obrador on a MORENA electoral propaganda poster in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato (Mexico). The poster is hung on a cement block wall painted grey and yellow. At the top of the wall protrude pieces of wood with a barbed wire fence
Latin America

Mexico under Claudia Sheinbaum: social democracy or populism?

By Michael Reid
13 Jun 2024 //
7 mins Reading time
Latin America. Photo composition of the stained-glass window “El nacimiento del hombre” by Héctor Poleo, taken in 1995 at the metro station La Paz in Caracas, Venezuela
Latin America

Why does Latin America matter?

By Carlos Malamud, José Juan Ruiz, Ernesto Talvi
26 Dec 2023 //
15 mins Reading time
President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes office as the 39th president of Brazil, 5 January 2023.
Latin America

Lula’s foreign policy: normalisation and friction

By Oliver Stuenkel
22 Jun 2023 //
18 mins Reading time
Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group at the VIII Summit of the Americas Peru (2018)
Latin America

The Summit of the Americas: Latin America on the new geopolitical stage

By Carlos Malamud, Rogelio Núñez Castellano
08 Jun 2022 //
26 mins Reading time
Jair Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva, the leading candidates at the upcoming presidential elections in Brazil
Latin America

Brazil’s foreign policy strategy after the 2022 elections

By Oliver Stuenkel
01 Jun 2022 //
19 mins Reading time
Conversation with Guillermo Larraín on the occasion of the publication of his book “The stability of the social contract in Chile”
Latin America

Conversation with Guillermo Larraín on the occasion of the publication of his book “The stability of the social contract in Chile”

01 Feb 2022 //
2 mins Reading time
Which futures for which democracies. Photo: mauro mora (@mauromora). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship

Which futures for which democracies

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
27 Jan 2020 //
7 mins Reading time
Dictabasura en Venezuela. Photo: Leo Prieto / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) . Blog Elcano
Global Spectator

‘Dictabasura’ in Venezuela

By Andrés Ortega
12 Sep 2017 //
4 mins Reading time
Billboard with the "eyes of Chávez" on the Caracas-La Guaira highway. Photo: Foto: Julio César Mesa / Flickr. Creative Commons License Attribution-NoDerivs. Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

Is Hugo Chávez still there?

By Andrés Ortega
24 May 2016 //
5 mins Reading time
Venezuela. Blog Elcano
Global Spectator

Let’s ask…‘What can be done from abroad to deactivate the social confrontation in Venezuela?’

By Andrés Ortega
25 Mar 2014 //
7 mins Reading time
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