Democracy & Elections Archives

Democracy & Elections

Is Haiti Unraveling?

By Georges Fauriol / February 15, 2019

Popular protests are rocking Haiti’s government, and have included allegations of an assassination attempt against the president. Some see Venezuela’s fingerprints on parts of the unrest.

Where’s the party? Is Colombia about to become Peru?

By Christopher Sabatini / chrissabatini / February 14, 2019

Ivan Duque’s low approval ratings have been blamed on missteps, migrants and a mentor that never seems to go away. But there are structural reasons too, and those aren’t likely to go away after his term.

The 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index: A frustrating lack of progress in the Americas

By William Naylor / wm_naylor / February 13, 2019

While Argentina and smaller countries from around the region have successfully improved perceived levels of corruption, many regional heavy hitters have slipped severely or remain among the world’s most corrupt governments.

In a strong rebuke to traditional parties, Nayib Bukele wins the Salvadoran presidency

By Lucas Perelló / lucasperello / February 4, 2019

Salvadorans voted for a populist maverick as their next president. But low voter turnout and a lack of friends in Congress promise to weaken the mandate of the president-elect.

In a familiar scenario in the region, Salvadorans upset with traditional parties are betting on a political maverick

By Lucas Perelló / lucasperello / January 16, 2019

Nayib Bukele, a former FMLN member now running as a third-party candidate, is expected to win the first round on February 3rd. The question now is whether or not he will amass sufficient support to avoid a runoff on March 10th.

Guatemalan rule of law at risk as Morales strikes CICIG again

By Luis E. Barrueto / lebarrueto / January 11, 2019

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is playing constitutional hardball with the country’s top court, which in recent months has been the sole obstacle to his attempts to oust CICIG. Now the entire judicial system—and the country’s fragile democracy—is at risk.

Evangelicals: How faith is moving the polls

By Andrés Ortiz Moyano / January 4, 2019

Christian evangelicals’ political influence has become a global phenomenon. No other region shows this theory better than Latin America.

Guyana at Risk: Ethnic politics, oil, Venezuelan opportunism and why it should matter to Washington

By Evan Ellis / REvanEllis / December 31, 2018

A no-confidence vote in the parliament has triggered new elections, at a time—not coincidentally—that the country is grappling with how to manage its oil windfall. The U.S. can help.

An interview with Richard Feinberg, nonresident senior fellow at the Latin America Initiative at Brookings and professor at UCSD

December 13, 2018

At Global Americans, we’ve been following the crisis in Nicaragua very closely. For our latest interview we spoke to Richard Feinberg and discussed his recently published Brookings report “Nicaragua: Revolution and Restoration”

In a historic landslide, Democrats flipped a net of 40 House seats. Here’s how they performed in swing districts with large Hispanic populations

By William Naylor / wm_naylor / November 30, 2018

Now that slow-to-count California races have been called, it’s clear that Democrat’s performance in heavily Hispanic districts is one of the biggest stories of the 2018 midterms. Those districts accounted for 32.5 percent of total Democratic gains.