This issue brings together research on Latin America centered on historical memory, international relations, development, governability, inclusion, and public policy. It addresses topics such as the festive experience of the Popular Unity, Chilean regional paradiplomacy, the role of the state in development, Chile’s foreign policy stance on the conflict between Israel and Palestine, bicameralism in Peru, fare evasion in Santiago’s public transport system, the labor inclusion of teachers with hearing disabilities, and political elites in Jalisco. It also includes a review of the book Neoliberalism: A Contested Idea.

The current issue of Revista Enfoques brings together research on politics, democracy, gender, and public policy in Chile and Latin America. It examines topics ranging from ministerial appointments in Colombia and the challenges democracy faces in the age of artificial intelligence to gender parity in legislative committees, sports funding, and the influence of religion on Chilean politics. It also includes analyses of the Concertación’s economic model and reviews of recent works on contemporary political figures.

The current issue of Revista Enfoques brings together original research on politics, public administration, and political culture in Latin America. It addresses topics ranging from corruption and its effects in Honduras and the intersectoral management of social programs in Chile to the influence of the internet and social media on political culture in Mexico, recent political changes in that country, ethical debates on freedom from the perspective of Rand and Rothbard, and right-wing political cycles and inequality in Paraguay.

The current issue of Revista Enfoques brings together research on public administration, political leadership, and social transformations in Chile and Latin America. It addresses topics ranging from needs-based programming in public expenditure and the challenges posed by the Karin Law in relation to workplace harassment, to extractivism in the Brazilian Amazon and the presidential leadership of Sebastián Piñera between 2018 and 2022. It also examines Chilean health policy in a context of geopolitical competition and the digital transformation of the state and its implications for human capital in municipalities of the Metropolitan Region. In addition, it includes reviews of recent works that analyse the history and background of the social uprising in Chile.

The current issue of Revista Enfoques brings together research on political philosophy, social conflict, and public administration in Latin America. It addresses topics ranging from Adam Smith’s critique of the “man of system” and the relationship between commerce and virtue in Adam Ferguson, to intractable conflicts in the Chilean–Mapuche context and the impact of constitutional justice on the public employment system in Costa Rica. It also examines the service-delivery capacity of Argentine municipalities during the Covid‑19 pandemic and discusses the (in)theoretical consequences of Laclauian populism, integrating historical, ethical, and political perspectives on the challenges of governance in the region.

The current issue of Revista Enfoques brings together research on public administration, international politics, and security in Latin America. It addresses topics ranging from the right to the protection of personal data in Mexico and the effects of intergovernmental transfers on inequality and municipal fiscal performance, to Russia’s hybrid warfare tactics against Ukraine and the management of the international security environment during the government of Alberto Fernández. It also includes reviews of recent works on international relations and critical reflections on historical negationism in the region.

The current issue of Revista Enfoques brings together research on public ethics, data policies, and tax administration in Latin America. It addresses topics ranging from the erosion of public virtues and the risks of individualism in Tocqueville, and ethical controversies surrounding the collection of biometric data in Costa Rica, to gross‑revenue taxation in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, with estimates and forecasts based on time‑series models. In addition, it includes reviews of recent works on theories of justice and on trends that are expected to transform Chile.

The current issue of Revista Enfoques brings together research on political economy, public policy, and international relations in Latin America. It addresses topics ranging from state‑owned enterprises, privatization, and state control, and political transformation in Mexico under the Fourth Transformation (4T), to neoliberal economic policy in that country and perceptions of the international system in Argentine foreign policy in the face of systemic change. It also examines budgetary incrementalism in the Chilean central government, providing evidence for the period 2012–2021.

The current issue of Revista Enfoques brings together research on gender, political history, and public policy evaluation in Latin America. It addresses topics ranging from the impacts of female quota laws on the legislatures of northeastern Argentina, and the relationship between the Franciscans and the Chilean Conservative Party between 1890 and 1935, to the evaluation of municipal public policies and programmes in the municipalities of Michoacán, Mexico.