Sebastián Ronderos is a professor and researcher of political science and philosophy at the University of Namur, Belgium.
The commentariat has reached, almost in unison, for one word to explain Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella’s meteoric rise: populism. The label isn’t just inaccurate — it translates his elitist politics into antiestablishment complaint.
From 30-hour blackouts to extreme fuel shortages, the situation in Cuba under the second Trump administration is a catastrophe. Still, Cubans are showing extraordinary creativity and resilience in the face of the suffocating blockade.
In Colombia, the Left has learned to win elections but has yet to break entrenched elite rule. Will the progressive forces behind Iván Cepeda get another chance, or will a resurgent reactionary bloc transform Colombia into a permanent US military outpost?
El socialismo está lejos aún de tocarle la puerta a Colombia. Pero hay algo en lo que Álvaro Uribe Vélez no se equivoca: el uribismo se encuentra en cuidados intensivos.