The Limits of the International Order and the Reconfiguration of Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America. Interview with Tom Ginsburg

Abstract

Amid the rise of illiberalism and the weakening of democratic institutions, Latin America faces persistent challenges related to institutional fragility, social inequality, and the strategic use of law by authoritarian governments and leaders. In this interview, Professor Tom Ginsburg, Doctor of Law from the University of California, Berkeley, academic director of the Forum on Freedom of Research and Expression, and author of the award-winning book Democracies and International Law, to whom I am grateful for his time and willingness, analyzes the authoritarian turn in the region, the instrumentalization of laws and courts, and the tensions between international law and the dynamics of state power. Furthermore, he reflects on the role of the opposition, the limits of international mechanisms, and the institutional reforms necessary to strengthen democracy and halt the advance of authoritarianism.