Jeudi de l'actualité. Amérique latine : virage à l'extrême-droite toute

Meeting with two specialists, Gaspard Estrada and Sandrine Morel, at the Bibliothèque Germaine Tillion as part of Current Affairs Thursdays.

As part of the Current Affairs Thursdays series and in partnership with Courrier international: "Following the 'pink tide' of the early 21st century, the subcontinent largely swung to the right in 2025 and 2026, as a sort of logical sequel to Donald Trump's return to power in the United States.

While the latter did not hesitate to practice uninhibited interference in electoral processes, contributing to the victories of Javier Milei in Argentina in the mid-term elections, José Antonio Kast in Chile, Nasry Asfura in Honduras, Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia and Keiko Fujimori in Peru, Latin America's shift above all reflects an evolution in voters' priorities, who are demanding law and order, security and economic growth, and have lost faith in democracy.

The grand model remains El Salvador's authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele, who crushed the gangs at the expense of democracy and the protection of human rights" with Gaspard Estrada, political scientist and member of the Global South unit at the London School of Economics, and coordinator of América Latina.

Mirar al futuro, Presses de la Fondation Felipe Gonzalez, Madrid, and Sandrine Morel, head of the Latin America desk at Courrier international. She reads and speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese.

She was correspondent for Le Monde for Spain and Portugal, based in Madrid, from 2010 to 2025. She has notably contributed to media outlets such as Le Nouvel Obs and La Dépêche du Midi… She is the author of the essay En el huracán catalan (éd. Planeta, 2018).

The discussion will be moderated by Julien Abiramia from Courrier international; Credits: Courrier international