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Latin American Politics

Oligarchic defects of democracy in Colombia

April 15, 2024

🔮 Marching to the populist drum? The military's role in populist governance

March 26, 2024

🔮 Understanding the intersection of populism, gender and religion in Central American politics

February 26, 2024

🔮 How populists damage governments

January 26, 2024

Engaging Chile’s neglected voters could have avoided constitutional defeat

January 12, 2024

January 9, 2024

Is a far-right populist wave breaking in South America?

Carlos José Cruz Infante Elections loom for Chile and Colombia in 2025 and 2026. Carlos José Cruz Infante explores voters' growing disillusionment with leftist governments and the increasing attraction of figures like José Antonio Kast and María Fernanda Cabal. These politicians' hard-right populist messages echo Donald Trump’s empty call to ‘Make America Great Again’ Read more

January 2, 2024

Latin American organised crime is changing the European landscape

Ludmila Quirós Ludmila Quirós argues that the growing infiltration of Latin American criminal actors into EU territory is seriously undermining the bloc's security and radically changing organised crime in Europe Read more

December 5, 2023

Why Milei won’t succeed in repealing Argentina’s abortion policy

Camilla Reuterswärd Javier Milei’s electoral victory ushered in another right-wing populist win in Latin America. The new president threatens to undo a major achievement for women’s rights —Argentina’s abortion legalisation. Yet Milei might not succeed. Camilla Reuterswärd and Cora Fernandez Anderson explain why the radical populist will lose the battle over abortion Read more

November 8, 2023

Prospects for a Mercosur-EU Association Agreement grow dimmer

Juan Cruz Díaz Long-running negotiations between the European Union and Mercosur, aimed at forming an Association Agreement and liberalising trade, have faced numerous hurdles. As the December deadline for signature approaches, doubts loom over the pact’s future, write Juan Cruz Díaz and Carlos José Cruz Infante Read more

October 23, 2023

New forms of imported gang violence in Chile

Shauna N. Gillooly New forms of violence are appearing in Chile. These incidents, and the struggles for control between warring gangs that they reflect, are likely being imported from Columbia. Shauna N. Gillooly says this is the result of new migration patterns and a reconfiguration in transnational drug trafficking Read more

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