Strategic Latin America

Ideological governance, corruption, and institutional breakdown in the Southern Cone Useless leaders who marked the inexorable fate of their voters Alberto Fernández (Argentina) He left Argentina with inflation exceeding 211 percent, a poverty rate that surpassed 50 percent, and an economic and political paralysis that foreshadowed a social and economic catastrophe. His internal conflict with […]

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

An Absolutism That Surpasses the Sun King We have been taught to look with horror upon the centuries of absolute monarchies, those times when a Sun King could, in a fit of magnificence or boredom, demand a portion of the harvest to build a palace. History, however, has a perverse sense of humor. When comparing

Who Really Holds Sovereignty Farewell Letter: The Passport as the Only Private Property Montevideo, February 1, 2026 Dear Mom and Dad, I’m leaving this letter on the table because saying this out loud hurts too much, and because I know that you, who fought so hard for me to become a professional, are the ones

Uchronia. A continental freedom that was stifled, yet possible. Structural transformation could have been glorious This fourth chapter explores the structural transformation of the island, examining how the pragmatism Castro never embraced, despite his supposed strategic intelligence, could have turned Cuba into the economic axis of the hemisphere, surpassing even the most optimistic projections of

The Washington Speech (1959). The Day Cuba Chose Development Over Ideology. In April 1959, the world held its breath. A young Fidel Castro landed in Washington, D.C. In our historical timeline, that trip marked the beginning of an irreversible rupture. But in this uchronian reality, Castro took a step no one expected. Instead of defiance,

On openly exposed ruin and misplaced blame. What would have happened in Cuba and Latin America if Fidel Castro, instead of aligning with the Soviet Union, had purged corruption from Cuba and aligned himself with the free nations of the world? How different would the destiny of the Americas be without the violent ideological fracture

From Open Ruin and Displaced Guilt There is no better way to assess the real effects of Castro’s Cuba than to project what could have been and never was. Only through this exercise can the full scale of the Cuban people’s tragedy be measured, along with the continental projection of the Soviet holocaust transplanted onto

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