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{"title":"Navigating the Crossroads: Governance, Energy Transitions, and Economic Shifts in Latin America and the Caribbean","authors":"Isidro Morales","doi":"10.1111/lamp.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70049","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Our present volume offers a comprehensive and multilayered analysis of the structural, political, and economic shifts currently redefining Latin America and the Caribbean. From the persistent shadows of institutional fragility to the burgeoning opportunities of the global energy transition, these works collectively map a region in profound transformation.</p><p>The volume opens with a sobering examination by Luiz Felipe Lacerda, Valentina Campos Cabral, Raúl Gutiérrez Patiño, Silvia Fontana, Lelia Imhof, and Elvin Hernández Rivera, who explore the intersection of socio-environmental corruption and climate urgency. Their research exposes how systemic impunity and state capture not only undermine governance but also exacerbate the vulnerability of populations facing ecological crises, calling for a shift toward “ecological citizenship” as a countermeasure to extractivist models.</p><p>Moving from territorial governance to the management of people, Luicy Pedroza and Pau Palop-Garcia provide a sophisticated mixed-methods study on emigrant policymaking. By moving beyond simple economic explanations, the authors demonstrate how political culture and bureaucratic practices shape the way states maintain ties with their citizens abroad, offering a stable yet adaptable framework for understanding migration institutions across the region.</p><p>The focus then shifts to the formal architectures of regional integration. Irma Liliana Vasquez-Merchan and Nicolas De la Peña delve into the depth of labor provisions within preferential trade agreements. Their cross-sectional analysis reveals that the strength of labor standards is determined less by a government's stated political orientation and more by the complex interplay of regime stability, trade union participation, and intra-industrial competition.</p><p>The challenges of the “Green Transition” are analyzed through two distinct Brazilian lenses. First, Fernando Inti Leal, Erik Eduardo Rego, and Virginia Parente critique the paradox of fossil fuel subsidies in a net-zero context. They argue that current tax wavers for the oil and gas industry conflict with energy justice and suggest a strategic pivot toward direct financial transfers to combat fuel poverty. This piece is complemented by the work of Juliane Santos Lumertz, Edegar Luís Tomazzoni, Juarez Velozo-Silva, and Rina Ricci Cagnacci, who investigate “city diplomacy” in São Paulo. They find that while the metropolis has immense soft power potential through tourism and international events, a lack of institutional cohesion prevents it from fully leveraging these assets on the global stage.</p><p>Continuing the focus on Brazil but expanding the horizon of social equity, Marcio Giannini Pereira, Harriet Thomson, Neilton Fidelis da Silva, Maria Luiza de M. Galvão, Dannyelle de Souza Nunes Vasconcelo, and Jamila Lorena de Freitas Pereira Brasil propose a novel regulatory framework to accelerate a “just” energy transition. Through field research at wind f","PeriodicalId":42501,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Policy","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lamp.70049","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Policymaking for Emigrants in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Mixed-Methods Study","authors":"Luicy Pedroza,&nbsp;Pau Palop-García","doi":"10.1111/lamp.70042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70042","url":null,"abstract":"<p>While scholars have identified models of political emigrant policies across countries, we still lack an understanding of how these models come about and persist. Using a sequential mixed-methods approach—including quantitative analysis of policy mixes in 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries and a comparative case study of Colombia and Uruguay—this study examines how policymaking processes give shape to policy combinations stemming from policies in the political realm, such as citizenship, external voting, and consultative councils. Our findings challenge purely economic or diffusion-based explanations, emphasizing policymaking as a dynamic, interactive process that organizes policies into stable yet adaptable patterns. Variations across countries are explained by differences in political culture, bureaucratic practices, and migration institutions. While grounded in regional particularities, our approach offers a middle-range framework adaptable to other contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":42501,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Policy","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lamp.70042","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147299792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Accelerating Just Energy Transitions in Brazil: Pathways for Social Development","authors":"Marcio Giannini Pereira,&nbsp;Harriet Thomson,&nbsp;Neilton Fidelis da Silva,&nbsp;Maria Luiza de M. Galvão,&nbsp;Dannyelle de Souza Nunes Vasconcelos,&nbsp;Jamila Lorena de Freitas Pereira Brasil","doi":"10.1111/lamp.70045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70045","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This critical article analyzes energy poverty in Brazil from the theoretical perspective of distributive justice, proposing the implementation of a new social regulation called Contribution to Social Development. The goal is to support the process of a just energy transition leading to a broader debate on energy planning and social issues. Social Cost-Benefit Analysis was applied to assess the impact of the Contribution to Social Development formulated to reduce extreme poverty at the local level. In addition, field research was conducted at a wind farm in Brazil to capture the benefits of this approach. The simulation carried out in the field study demonstrates a significant reduction in extreme poverty, from 66 to 5 families with the implementation of a 1% Contribution to Social Development. The integration of the proposed Contribution to Social Development into the regulatory framework of the electricity sector has the potential to reduce inequality substantially while promoting the use of renewable energy in Brazil and in Latin American and Caribbean countries. It would contribute to promote a socially just and long-term energy transition with a positive effect on fighting global climate change.</p>","PeriodicalId":42501,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Policy","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lamp.70045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147275087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Subsidies, Net Zero Transition and Public Debt: An Analysis for the Oil and Gas Industry in Brazil","authors":"Fernando Inti Leal,&nbsp;Erik Eduardo Rego,&nbsp;Virginia Parente","doi":"10.1111/lamp.70046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70046","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite awareness of the challenges in promoting the decarbonization of the economy, explicit fossil fuel subsidies have increased considerably worldwide in the past decade, reaching an all-time high at US$1 trillion in 2022. Considering the net-zero transition and the increase of modern public debt, this article assesses the most relevant subsidies for fossil fuels in Brazil and how, due to some conflict with ongoing deficits in the national public budget, they neither adhere to energy justice principles nor foster energy transition. Brazil currently allocates a substantial 2.0% of the country's gross domestic product for subsidies, considering both implicit and explicit calculated values. We observe that in certain years, almost one-third of the nominal investment budget has been waived in tax revenue from Repetro, a production-focused preferential tax treatment for the oil and gas industry, with no performance standards set on the beneficiaries. Conclusions indicate that the country should consider an early phase-out of Repetro and would be better served through the expansion of policies aimed at reducing fuel poverty by increasing direct financial transfers to low-income consumers, such as Gas Aid, which is currently relatively modest in value and has a relevant regional and social distributional outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":42501,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Policy","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lamp.70046","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147323852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Sources and Paths of Cuban Authoritarianism: Insight From the Venezuelan Crisis","authors":"Armando Chaguaceda","doi":"10.1111/lamp.70048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70048","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42501,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Policy","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147268890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Case of Labor Provisions in Latin American Preferential Trade Agreements","authors":"Irma Liliana Vasquez-Merchan,&nbsp;Nicolas De la Peña","doi":"10.1111/lamp.70043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70043","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Labor provisions in preferential trade agreements are becoming increasingly relevant, yet research has predominantly focused on global trends and developed economies. In Latin America, scholars have focused either on country-specific analyses or on individual agreements, resulting in a fragmented approach. The objective of this article is to identify the determining factors that explain the depth of labor provisions in Latin American preferential trade agreements. We conduct a cross-sectional analysis, employing linear regressions on data from 114 preferential trade agreements signed 1990–2015. Our research delves into government political orientation, trade union participation, informality rates, and intra-industrial competition to provide a comprehensive analysis. Our findings reveal that interactions among freedom of association and wage bargaining, regime type and stability (rather than political orientation), and trade openness and intra-industrial competition shape the depth of labor standards in preferential trade agreements in Latin American countries. These findings highlight the relevance of regional approaches in contrast with global studies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":42501,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Policy","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146680325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Paradiplomacy and City Diplomacy From the Theoretical Perspectives of Tourism and International Relations: An Analysis of the City of São Paulo, Brazil","authors":"Juliane Santos Lumertz,&nbsp;Edegar Luís Tomazzoni,&nbsp;Juarez Velozo,&nbsp;Rina Ricci-Cagnacci","doi":"10.1111/lamp.70044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70044","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Tourism and International Relations, as interdisciplinary fields, encompass diverse knowledge, making them complex subjects. This article explores how official international relations bodies at subnational levels influence tourism using paradiplomacy and city diplomacy concepts. Some states use tourism strategically in global power contexts, yet scientific analysis remains limited. São Paulo, Brazil's largest hub for international events, hosts numerous foreign representations. The central question of the article is, how has São Paulo leveraged international events and investments to strengthen its global standing through paradiplomacy and city diplomacy, with a particular focus on tourism as a strategic instrument of international engagement? Data collection combines interviews with public sector representatives and a systematic literature review. Findings show weak coordination among municipal agencies, with collaborations being sporadic. Despite São Paulo's global prominence, its tourism strategy lacks cohesion, reducing its effectiveness as a soft power tool. Strengthening strategic planning could maximize international tourism benefits and global positioning.</p>","PeriodicalId":42501,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Policy","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lamp.70044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147275068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Socio-Environmental Corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean: Governance Challenges in the Context of Climate Crisis and Impunity","authors":"Luiz Felipe Lacerda,&nbsp;Valentina Campos Cabral,&nbsp;Raúl Gutiérrez Patiño,&nbsp;Silvia Fontana,&nbsp;Lelia Imhof,&nbsp;Elvin Hernández Rivera","doi":"10.1111/lamp.70041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70041","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Socio-environmental corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean represents a critical barrier to effective environmental governance and the enforcement of socio-environmental rights. This article focuses on how corruption intersects with climate vulnerability, disaster response, and institutional fragility, exacerbating socio-environmental injustices across the region. We argue that impunity, state capture, and the commodification of nature—often driven by economic interest and facilitated by transnational actors—undermine public trust, hinder accountability, and reproduce extractivist development models. Drawing on case studies and recent data, we examine the limitations of governmental responses, the role of civil society, and the transformative potential of ecological citizenship.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":42501,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Policy","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147280908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Liquid Regionalism in the Americas: An Analysis of Contemporary Regional Developments By \u0000 Karina Pasquariello Mariano, \u0000 Regiane Nitsch Bressan, and \u0000 Bruno Theodoro Luciano, Cham: Springer Cham, 2025, 157 PP. €128.39, Hardcover; €39.99, Paperback","authors":"Santiago Olarte","doi":"10.1111/lamp.70040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42501,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Policy","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145984005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Long and Winding Road: Policy Frictions and the Governance of Ride-Hailing Platforms in Latin America","authors":"Ronald Sáenz-Leandro","doi":"10.1111/lamp.70039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70039","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The rise of ride-hailing platforms has profoundly transformed urban mobility in Latin America over the past decade. Transportation Network Companies such as Uber, DiDi, Cabify, InDrive, and others operating in the region have affected transportation patterns and intensified debates around labor relations, algorithmic management, regulatory challenges, and urban sustainability. This article examines the trajectories of platform regulation in Chile, Colombia, and Costa Rica through the lens of platform-policy frictions, highlighting the tensions and negotiations between the aspirations of platform capitalism and the particularities of local environments. More than 10 years after Transportation Network Companies arrived in the region, Chile has enacted a regulatory framework, whereas Colombia and Costa Rica continue to grapple with legislative inertia and fragmented policy responses. The study introduces the concept of the “De Facto Deregulation Trap” to explain how institutional fragmentation, political stalemate, and stakeholder strategies perpetuate indefinite regulatory uncertainty. The research highlights how regulatory outcomes on platform regulation depend on political negotiations, institutional capacities, and stakeholder power dynamics. The findings contribute to the literature on platform governance by demonstrating how frictions operate as barriers to regulation and arenas for contestation and adaptation in the Global South, offering valuable lessons for global tech policy and digital change.</p>","PeriodicalId":42501,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Policy","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lamp.70039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145983789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}