Latin America Archives

Analyses

Latin America

Bolsonaro’s new Ministry of Education has spearheaded the anti-intellectualism advanced by the president. Since his election campaign took shape, President Bolsonaro’s persecution and revanchist attitude towards universities and academics have intensified the political division in Brazil.

International Affairs
The Extremist Bolsonaro: the Very Dangerous Face of Populism in Brazil
Federico Finchelstein 14 January 2019

The new president represents an example of anti-political trend.
International Affairs, Religion
The Pope in Colombia:
A Trip Against the Crisis of Politics
Riccardo Cristiano 6 September 2017

The journey that Jorge Mario Bergoglio is beginning today goes well beyond Colombia’s borders
Human Rights
Brazil: Public Security Policies and Human Rights
Abuses in Rio de Janeiro
Luigi Spera 29 August 2017

The term used by more than 70 jurists in their denounce manifesto signed in the last days in Rio de Janeiro is “social apartheid”.
International Affairs
Colombian Peace Process: Irreversible but Very Slow
Valeria Fraschetti 8 June 2017

Colombia’s march towards peace is slow and slippery. The blow suffered last autumn by President Juan Manuel Santos, when the majority of Colombians rejected the Havana agreements
Human Rights
The 2016/2017 Amnesty International Report; “The Rhetoric of Hatred Undermines Human Rights”
Ilaria Romano 1 June 2017

Armed conflicts, civilians debased by both terrorist groups and dictatorial governments, a worrying repression of dissent and waves of populism and racism experiencing a staggering rise
Human Rights, Political Theory, Society, Sociology
The Democratic Reflux. Freedom House: Democracy Decline in Many Countries
Gianni Del Panta 6 April 2017

In the mid-1970s democracy seemed to have fallen to an all-time low. In Latin America, two of the most successful democratic stories, Uruguay and Chile, were violently overthrown by military coups in 1973,
Political Theory, Sociology
What Causes the Populist Epidemic?
Daniele Archibugi , Marco Cellini 27 March 2017

In all countries, established political parties have the dangerous propensity to counter this electoral wave of populism by adopting the issues and language used by them.