Colombian academic and lawyer Mauricio Gaona released his book "The Constitution is Me" (Planeta) with warnings about how democracies can be dismantled through legal mechanisms rather than military coups. Publishing 15 days before Colombia's first electoral round, Gaona draws comparisons between President Gustavo Petro's constitutional reform proposals and Venezuela's institutional changes under Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, arguing that populist narratives and credible institutional supporters create conditions for democratic erosion.