Institutional collapse in Venezuela and Nicaragua reveals the roots of growing distrust in democracy across the region. Can Democracy in Latin America Be Trusted? Part Two.We must insist on this topic.Because unfortunately today people read very little.In a previous note we mentioned the electoral twists in Peru and Brazil and the increasingly evident distrust (one […]

A hidden cost structure borne by every citizen, distorting the real economy THE ASSISTED SUICIDE OF SOCIETYThe Invisible Tax: The Bill No One Hands YouBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano Every morning, when a Uruguayan turns on the lights, fills up the car, or pays for a kilo of rice at the supermarket, an act

Distrust, irregularities and political narratives fuel growing skepticism about elections across the region. Can Democracy Be Trusted in South America?Disbelief.Distrust.Last Sunday, the first round of presidential elections was held in Peru, a country that in recent years has had more presidents than the total number of players on a basketball team, and already from the

When ideology and public spending override efficiency, economies weaken and social trust erodes The fatal arrogance of the left hides state capitalism behind a false social interest.With the argument that it knows better than the individual how to spend money in the interest of society, it commits economic abuse as a postmodern pandemic.It bypasses all

When militancy replaces management, the State stops serving citizens and becomes an instrument of ideological power. A Left-Wing Government Fulfills Its ProgramA left-wing government advances toward its ideologyBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano The inconsistency has been committed of incorporating left-wing parties into the liberal democratic-republican system, many of them converted from terrorism and guerrilla

From Thomas Aquinas to Clausewitz, the idea of just war evolves into a doctrine where political necessity displaces moral judgment. In the previous article we referred to the concept of just war, first suggested by Saint Augustine and later transformed into doctrine by Thomas Aquinas, whose formulation requires a competent authority to declare war, that

From Saint Augustine to Lenin: how war was justified and why its limits seem to have vanished today We reflected in our previous article on the difference between the legality and legitimacy of a legal norm.A problem that arises in everyday life and that, like so many others, allows for multiple interpretations.It concerns a legal

From structural abuse to system capture: a direct critique of the corporate state and its drift toward totalitarianism THE STATE IS MEEthical, moral, and social derailment toward totalitarianismBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano “Power that does not abuse is not power.”An old and “playful” slogan of a pre-“monarchical” political mindset within democracy, which assumes an

From Israel to Uruguay, the logic of the limit reveals when politics stops being an option There is a story that former U.S. President Joe Biden has told many times over the years about his first trip to Israel.In 1973, when he was a freshman senator, Biden was granted a meeting with Prime Minister Golda

How power accumulation blocks reform and why technology may break the cycle The Unresolved DilemmaThe ideology that halts critical thinking by accumulating powerBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano Just seven years ago, on December 14, 2018, with a left-wing party in power, a national representative stated in Parliament:“I believe that surplus value had no reason