Open Democracy
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 07:58
A Latin American multidimensional approach must counteract the spillover effects of the militarised drug policies and work simultaneously not only on security, but also on social, economic, environmental, and cultural factors.
Friday, August 28, 2015 - 06:02
The recent proliferation of corruption scandals show the sheer necessity of substantial reforms of the political system in Chile, if only to be able to get rid of the old Pinochet regime’s remaining ghost.
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 07:18
A renewal of democracy should be the means to cleanse Latin America of its history of corruption and abuses of power. But as the Mexican case shows, unless democracy is extended by enhancing civil society, its promise will not be realised.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 06:50
The structures of the past that offered a bit of security in their own way, have given way to a chaotic state in which the victims are once again the residents of the favelas.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 12:36
Brazil is indeed stuck in the past. However, this temporal disjunction is less the outcome of an economic or (and) institutional delay, but more of an insistence on resorting to violence as a mean of managing political anxiety.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 00:00
Form 2009-12, seventeen of the eighteen countries in Latin America held presidential elections. All the presidents who sought re-election were successful.
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 00:00
Brazilian foreign policy in the future is likely to have the same thrust that it has for decades: respect for sovereignty and an unwillingness to intervene in, or comment on, the affairs of other countries
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 00:00
It is young people from the urban periphery, those which have 'never slept' who dominate the demonstrations
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 00:00
It is important to acknowledge that virtually all cities brought the bus fares back down to their original price. But, at this point, the damage was already done.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 00:00
The Brazil-US relationship could only change course, and evolve more positively, with a complete transformation of the American thinking about the "Hemisphere".