Polarization around the world is increasingly present, in some cases even concerning. Politics in some countries are moved by protesting angry citizens fed up with the incompetence of their leaders. Extremists have a fertile ground for their causes, both for left and right. Unlikely candidates …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Argentina repudiated Peronism, Kirchnerism, leftism, and the populist rhetoric accompanying those governments for over two decades. During that time, it has received political support from Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro, Lula Da Silva, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The economic management has been …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Fifty years ago tomorrow, General Pinochet and almost the entire Chilean military broke their constitutional oath and staged a coup d’état against the legally elected government of Salvador Allende. The few military commanders who opposed the coup were eliminated. Thus, Chile aligned …
How much do people trust that their governments are doing the right thing? Trust in the institutions, confidence in the path toward economic prosperity, shifts in trust from authorities to peers, trust in media, transparency and accountability, rule of law, democratic values, polarization, all these …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce. These three characters, AMLO, Trump, and Bolsonaro, profit from the accusation of electoral fraud, while all three were elected Presidents. All three used extreme social, economic, and political polarization as their privileged instrument to hold on to power. And all three have …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Vladimir Putin faces the Frankenstein he has created. The dictator has been confronted by the military method of governance he has deified. Brute force as a raison d’état. The rebellion of the Russian mercenaries has unmasked the most elaborate of the Russian …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, called a meeting of presidents of South American countries to promote a regional integration process. The heads of state of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela attended the …
Image: on Twitter/@RobinBrooksIIF Not everywhere; countries like Argentina still have three-digit inflation. Also interesting: Image: The Economist, shared on Whatsapp. Hence, the revaluation of their currencies vs. the US Dollar. Another interesting graph: Image: on Twitter/@pkedrosky. The perception is that AI is a force that will change the world. It will undoubtedly alter labor markets, …
Antonio Navalón At three different times and in three other places on the planet in the past week, they highlighted the meaning of this strange situation that demonstrated how worn out the fundamental democratic principles and the harassment many countries suffer in their consolidation as …