{"id":87064,"date":"2025-07-02T12:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dejusticia.org\/estrategias-para-defender-la-sociedad-civil-frente-al-autoritarismo-en-america-latina\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:27:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:27:38","slug":"strategies-to-defend-civil-society-against-authoritarianism-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/strategies-to-defend-civil-society-against-authoritarianism-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategies to defend civil society against authoritarianism in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Latin American civil society seems to be resting in a slow boil of restrictions and legislations that threaten its existence. The metaphor is clear: if a frog enters lukewarm water that heats up slowly until it boils, it won\u2019t jump out until it\u2019s too late. This is how authoritarianism works in Latin America, with repressive tendencies and a cooptation that gradually closes civic spaces; it’s that “heat” that rises in apparent silence.<\/span><\/p>\n

To confront this scenario, we organized the “Imagining with Others” meeting, which took place last month in Bogot\u00e1. It was an invitation to make a collective leap from that boiling pot: 20 Peruvian organizations \u2014 which were part of our <\/span>Enlaza Strengthening Program<\/span><\/a> \u2014 and experts from countries like Colombia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Venezuela, Russia, Hungary, and the United States came together to exchange diagnoses, outline strategic routes, and strengthen alliances capable of confronting the \u201cauthoritarian contagion\u201d and financial suffocation. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sources of Heat That Demand Immediate Action<\/b><\/h2>\n