Global Order and Geopolitics

José Pedro Varela’s critique of state paternalism resonates a century and a half later in Uruguay’s debate over pensions, AFAP funds, and financial crisis.

The contradictions between electoral promises, economic responsibility and the exercise of power undermine trust in politics.

Low productivity, tax pressure, and the relentless growth of public spending are reinforcing a structure that punishes the formal sector and pushes economic activity into informality.

Leydis Aguilera’s testimony exposes the contrast between Cuba’s extractive dictatorship and Uruguay’s institutional tradition of individual freedom.

Institutional stability can conceal a process of decline when elites prioritize preserving privileges over competition, innovation, and economic freedom.

The crisis in Ceuta has reignited the debate over the use of migration flows as an instrument of geopolitical pressure and the consequences for European security.

A challenge to a ruling by Uruguay’s Electoral Court raises fundamental questions about constitutional interpretation, digital tools and the effective exercise of mechanisms of direct democracy.

State monopolies, competition, data centers and technological innovation reveal new challenges for energy infrastructure and economic development across the Río de la Plata.

A youthful poem anticipates Rodó’s defense of merit, intellectual excellence, and journalism’s civilizing responsibility.

A reflection on fiduciary responsibility, institutional checks and balances, and the political consequences of replacing evidence with political narratives.