The failures of Mexico’s opposition and lessons to be learnt
By Jacob Lubbers Estrada- On June 6th 2021, Mexico faced one of the largest elections in the country’s young democratic history: the...
Jul 2, 20215 min read
Post-socialist Ecuador: How the victory of neoliberalism was possible
By Roberto Porras- After more than a decade, the Ecuadorian people are finally closing the chapter of “Socialism of the 21st century”....
Jun 8, 20215 min read
Building Bridges: Sports Diplomacy In Mexico
By Ambar Aguilar Estrada- Over the past few decades, public diplomacy has been used to foster communication among states in order to set...
May 16, 20215 min read
Chile’s New Constitution: An Opportunity to End the Mapuche Conflict
By Tomás Pizarro-Escuti- The Mapuche-Chilean state conflict can be defined as an indigenous self-determination conflict with demands...
Apr 23, 202112 min read
Argentina-Mexico Relations: The Key to Understanding Latin America?
By Natasha Tinsley- In February 2021, Argentine President Alberto Fernández took part in a three-day official visit to Mexico. Throughout...
Apr 9, 20217 min read
Should I Stay Or Should I Go: Haiti’s Quiet Self-Coup
By Fernanda Alvarez- The word ‘coup’ is often associated with violent images of military tanks rolling into the core of political powers,...
Mar 22, 20217 min read
What the Biden administration means for the two economic powers of Latin America and beyond
By Alfonso Garza- After the victory of the Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the presidential election of the United States, the North...
Mar 4, 20218 min read
How “machista” Latin America became the world’s leading region for women’s political participation
By Sonja Rijnen- When most people think about the role of women in Latin America, issues such as machismo and gender-based violence often...
Feb 10, 20214 min read
Explainer: A journey to the origins of Venezuela's crisis
By Antonija Diković- Throughout the last decade, the country of Venezuela and its woes have been reported on internationally and made...
Feb 3, 20217 min read
Seeking a Brighter Future: The impact of malnutrition in Ecuador and overcoming its challenges
Written by: Belén Mateo, MD. Photos by: Maria Cristina Mateo - My name is Belen Mateo, I am a physician from Ecuador and since June 2020,...
Jan 25, 20214 min read
Latin America's Democracy in 2020, the Year of the Pandemic
By Paola De Anda Mota- By the end of 2020, Latin America had reported over 400,000 deaths due to COVID-19. As around the rest of the...
Jan 18, 20216 min read
The changing politics of Cuban international health diplomacy
By Bryan Ch. Campbell Romero- Over the past few months, Cuba has seen a new surge in international demand for its help as a result of the...
Jan 4, 20216 min read
The repressive “gift” behind the US counter-drug aid in Peru
By Ferggy Nathaly Salvador Cruz - There is much historical evidence of heavy US interventionism that aims to eradicate drug production...
Dec 14, 20207 min read
Bolivia's MAS: an unexpected win and moving forward
By Paola De Anda Mota- On October 19th despite the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Bolivians went out to choose their next president and...
Dec 5, 20206 min read
What the Latinx vote in the 2020 US elections should teach us and the Democrats
By Valeria Fernandez-Soriano- While the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election may have been the first sigh of relief in four years...
Nov 24, 20205 min read
Will Chile choose to replace its constitution? Chileans explain why they are voting in favour
By Sofia Gutiérrez and Lenka Fuentes Rubio, translated by Isabel Leask and Sonja Rijnen- A year after the social outburst that shook...
Oct 23, 20205 min read
Crime and Impunity: Mexico's Missing 43
By Isabel Leask- On the 26th of September 2014, the disappearance and suspected murder of 43 students in the state of Guerrero, Mexico,...
Sep 24, 20206 min read
The MAS demise: the reasons for the fall and the legacy for a new Bolivia.
By Roberto Tacca- In November 2019, President Morales of Bolivia had to flee the country and formally resign in a desperately late...
Sep 15, 20207 min read
Daniel Ortega has become what he fought to destroy: another Somoza dictator
By Paola De Anda Mota- In 1984, Daniel Ortega won the elections in Nicaragua, ending the Somoza family dictatorship of over four decades...
Aug 26, 20206 min read
Antonia Barra’s story: a case of systemic sexism that shook an entire country
By Carla Munoz Antolin- In Chile, the 18th of September is a national holiday; everyone takes a few days off to celebrate the creation of...
Aug 18, 20204 min read
