Uruguay in the Face of Global Power Reconfiguration and the Erosion of the United Nations The world born in Yalta and Potsdam, later shaped by the Cold War, has changed. As with any major global transformation, it took time for this shift to unfold and even more time for those of us living far from […]
The Post-Yalta World Order: Strategic Realism and the Crisis of International Law Read Post »
From historic mass parties to leadership vacuums: the erosion of political intermediaries in Uruguay and beyond In many parts of the world, they have disappeared and few people even remember them. It is a well-documented fact that many political parties, conceived as intermediary instruments between the individual and the State, born out of the ideas
The Decline of Traditional Political Parties Read Post »
Why the intervention in Caracas is better understood through geopolitics than oil interests Following the U.S. armed operation in Caracas and the transfer of Maduro’s regime to U.S. territory, public reactions split sharply between support and condemnation. Most of the criticism revolved around two claims. First, that the action violated public international law and bypassed
The United States, Venezuela, and the Global Power Struggle with China and Russia Read Post »
A small country, a global power, and the cost of failing to understand our true place in the world. According to several media reports, particularly from El País and Búsqueda, the Uruguayan government has reportedly described the suspension of visas for compatriots seeking future residence in the United States as an error or even an
Several events that have recently impacted public opinion in Uruguay share a common thread that is not always addressed with sufficient clarity. The passport issue, the construction of two naval vessels for the Uruguayan Navy in a Spanish shipyard, and the recent restrictions on migrant visas to the United States are different episodes, yet all
International Relations: The Risks of Improvisation Read Post »
The slow release of Venezuelan political prisoners Several days ago, the Venezuelan government, “presided over” by Delcy Rodríguez, announced the release of political prisoners in the country, a group that was said to number around eight hundred at least. However, as hours and days passed, the hopes of many families fell into a kind of
The daily newspaper El País reports that the National Human Rights Institution, an agency of questionable constitutional status, is requesting a seventy five percent increase in its budget. Retirees will receive at the beginning of February an adjustment that does not even reach six percent, no comment needed. The purpose of this increase is, yes,
The Bone-Seeking Excavator Read Post »