Issue Sep 17-23 2025: On September 15, the world celebrated International Democracy Day—a propitious occasion to evaluate the state of democracy both around the world and in Latin America.

Issue Sep 17-23 2025: One of the world’s most prestigious demographers, Nicholas Eberstadt, predicts a future in which the global population will decline. In an essay published in Foreign Affairs entitled “The Age of Depopulation,” he stated the following: “Humans are about to enter a new historical era. For the first time since the Black

Issue Sep 10-16 2025: Next year Peruvians will gather at the polls to elect a new president, given that the mandate of Pedro Castillo, who was put in jail and replaced by his vice-president Dina Boluarte, is swiftly coming to a close. Against all expectations, Boluarte has managed to remain in office until now, but

Issue Sep 10-16 2025: September in Chile is a month filled with national symbolism, but it is often unclear what binds its peoples together—indeed, it is appropriate to ask what it means to be Chilean in the first place.

Issue Sep 10-16 2025: The economic crisis in Venezuela is about more than just rampant inflation and exchange rates. Indeed, it is a crisis that is structural in nature, one that has imploded the country’s productive capacity as well as its social and institutional foundations.

Issue Sep 10-16 2025: Colombian journalism is experiencing a crisis that threatens pluralism and the right to information.

Issue Sep 03-09 2025: In 1971, when Richard Nixon announced the beginning of the so-called “war on drugs,” a commission was formed to advise his administration on the most efficient and humane ways by which it might reach its goals. The original idea proposed by the commission was that the path forward should include reducing

Issue Sep 03-09 2025: Chile is entering the final stages of its presidential election beginning September 19th. In the lead up to the election, candidates and citizens alike are increasingly focusing on social peace in their campaigns as opposed to other social issues.

Issue Sep 03-09 2025: The erosion of confidence in democracy throughout Latin America is paving the way for leaders who promise order at the expense of freedoms.

Issue Aug 27-Sep 02 2025: The first year of the administration of Mexico’s first female president has ended. Claudia Sheinbaum’s first year is one that, beyond the polls, is disappointing due to the dullness of the administration, but also holds ominous implications for democracy.