Opinion

We made the mistake of minimizing and caricaturing the rise of authoritarianism. This far-right populism took advantage of the distrust in democracies generated by the Great Recession to infiltrate the very core of society. If we want a democratic recovery to succeed, we cannot continue to uncritically defend a system that not only led to the 2008 crisis but also failed to pursue a just way out of it

Painting as a form of protest would create a second confinement and, worse still, two oppressions. Why should the artist say what his body is already expressing for him?

Neither the United States nor Iran has yet entered into a compromise following the announcement. For now, the negotiations are not aimed at bridging differences, but rather at imposing them

Viktor Orbán’s defeat opens a new political cycle in Europe, where the far right has already suffered several setbacks

The Scottish thinker – considered by many to be ‘the father of capitalism’ – published his magnum opus, ‘The Wealth of Nations,’ 250 years ago. In it, he coined the metaphor of the invisible hand, which refers not to a magical order, but to a market with an institutional framework that fosters growth. His ideas decisively influenced liberal thought, especially due to his belief in individual liberty and his wariness of state intervention

I eagerly await the voyage of Artemis 2. But I hope even more urgently that, against Trump’s authoritarianism, American democracy will be reaffirmed in the November midterms

The alliance of 21st-century dictatorships is crumbling after the US removal of Nicolás Maduro, but a democratic transition is not in sight

In addition to the experimentation with an authoritarian model that emerges from an act of external force, another element is added: Venezuela is emerging as the first corporate colony of the 21st century

The roles of Islam, the army, and women are three key elements to understanding a country that defies stereotypes and in which the current war has sparked renewed interest

The Iran disaster adds to the deterioration of alliances, the collapse of an international order that benefited Washington, and the erosion of democracy and soft power

The track record of the senator, whose confirmation as the next Secretary of Homeland Security is almost certain, indicates that he does not understand the need for a robust federal response to disasters

Seven decades of cooperation demonstrate how alliances grounded in international law and mutual respect strengthen security for Spain, the United States, and NATO

The most populated city in the United Arab Emirates is a postmodern pastiche, a habitable ‘render’, a Las Vegas without the alibi of irony, a city where everything is wrong

The Middle East conflict has transformed into a war of attrition that could soon undermine Trump’s triumphalism and become a perfect storm with global consequences for his presidency

The great American fortunes of the 19th century tried to impose titanic monopolies. Today’s magnates want to do the same

The Trump-Netanyahu tandem closes a century of Western tutelage in the region to impose Israel as a hegemonic power

The US Supreme Court lowers the risks of a trade war, but the strikes on Iran push geopolitical and geoeconomic uncertainty to new highs

A transition would not only be a constitutional problem. Above all, it would be a test of cohesion among institutions, factions, and security bodies

While the stated goals are military and political, the personal stakes for the two leaders also appear relevant

Roger Martínez-Dávila says he was suddenly told to prove his US citizenship by the University of Colorado, where he’s been working for the last 16 years. It wasn’t required of his department colleagues with Anglo surnames

The deployment of colossal forces by the United States in the Middle East could have the corrupting effect of encouraging the president to use them

Minneapolis is not an anomaly or an isolated episode, but rather another expression of a conflict as old as the federation itself