Bulletin #14 Latin American Social Security

CLACSO Working Group on Social Security and Pension Systems
Latin American Social Security Bulletin
Year 7 – Issue #14
June 2026

Table of Contents

Presentation
Gabriel Badillo

Fundamental Topics Section

Nelson D. Cardozo
The Argentine pension system: trajectories, reforms and current challenges

Gabriel Badillo
Perspectives on pension systems in Mexico in the face of the pension dilemma:
sustainability, politics and aging

Roxana Valdebenito
The Chilean pension reform of 2025: the problems of adequacy, the role of the state and
reintroduction of solidarity mechanisms

Andrey Badilla Solano
From social investment to fiscal responsibility: fiscal austerity and the erosion of insurance
health in Costa Rica (2018-2026)

Lucia Cortes da Costa
Public health in Brazil: the trajectory of the Unified Health System–SUS