“New populisms clothed with redemptive promises degrade democracy”: Cepeda warns institutional risk

The president of the Senate of the Republic, Efraín Cepeda, gave a powerful speech during the Asofondos Congress, where he warned about the dangers posed by the “new populisms” for the Colombian democratic system and its institutions. In his speech, Cepeda pointed out that the current threats to democracy do not come only from “declared oppression,” but from more subtle processes that erode the foundations of the system from within. “The new pop…