We have welcomed the Latin American effort to transcend the sanguinary dictatorships that plagued many of our countries, particularly during the second half of the last century. The question was going so well that of many of us were wondering how long this time, material, but also political and ideological prosperity, would last. 

Increasing threats and assassinations of social leaders are very worrying. These have targeted social leaders, as well as grassroots militants of various Colombian social organizations, reported El Tiempo of Bogotá.

Rapid developments in Brazil are day by day changing Lula’s final destination, along with that of the country and Latin America.

In the United States, that is.

We are torn between two extreme designations: pre-paid bribed journalists and obtuse Castro-Chavist journalists.

Daniel Ortega’s statements in Caracas about democracy, included in his ramblings in the homage to Chávez, reaffirm, for the umpteenth time, the political disposition of the Nicaraguan Head of State, not in the least committed to the democratic principles theoretically upheld in the Constitution of the Republic. 

The fight against corruption in Brazil has two faces: one showing that the country has strong and independent institutions, who will not acquit an ex-President or senior minister.

Although understanding the influence of culture in companies has been one of the most recurrent components in research on management and international business, there is still no consensus on its definition and how to measure it.

The decision to hand over billions of dollars to the aptly named vulture funds, while two pro-Macri lackeys head for the Supreme Court, seems like “a terminal cancer beginning to metastasize in Argentina’s still young democracy.” 

Two prominent Argentine intellectuals weigh in on the implications of her detention.