- Professor of Global Politics, University of Southampton
The Venezuelan opposition leader was forced to go into hiding in 2024 after being banned form standing in that year’s election.
Assertive politics is not enough.
Left-wing governments failed to articulate a convincing alternative to neoliberal democracy – and the backlash has begun.
The impact of Venezuela’s medical crisis is not gender-neutral.
Zika is not gender neutral: women’s rights are at stake.
Labour’s leader has a renewed mandate to put his party at the vanguard of the left – but others have walked that road before.
Victory for centre right candidate brings an end to decades of leftist rule.
As the candidates line up to succeed Argentina’s term-limited president, her legacy is starting to become clear. Will it endure?
Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has announced plans to dissolve her country’s intelligence services. President Fernandez de Kirchner’s move comes after the controversial death of…
In recent years there has been growing global awareness of the interplay between rights and the development process and a generalised recognition of social determinants of health connecting poverty, equality…
Sovereign debt, crises and default have been regular features of the Argentine economy for years – but the latest debt crisis, involving the government and the so-called “vulture funds”, has thrown up…
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