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Honduras Elects First Woman President in Break with Political Culture
| Xiomara Castro de Zelaya is slated to be Honduras’ next president. While the election results represent a significant step forward for democratic ...
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Ortega seizes another term following rigged elections in Nicaragua
On Sunday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, won reelection following a year of political prosecutions, ...
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Hemisphere Weekly: Special Election Edition
This November, voters in five countries across Latin America head to the polls. In Chile, Argentina, and Honduras, the electorate will have an opportunity ...
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Four Latin American countries make waves with new marine reserve
On Tuesday at the UN Climate Change Summit (COP26), Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, and Costa Rica inaugurated a new environmental protection zone spanning the ...
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What to expect from the Nicaraguan elections
Ryan C. Berg and Robert Carlson | 
To be clear, November 7 is a complete farce. Rather than anything resembling a democratic election, the events of that day will approximate a coronation ...
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America is Back? The reframing of democracy promotion in Latin America
María Isabel Puerta Riera | 
The failures in exporting American democracy call for the reframing of democracy promotion as a strategy. If the Biden administration develops a combined ...
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It’s No Joke: Bukele’s Authoritarian Language
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Bukele has responded to critics with derision, even changing his Twitter bio to “Dictator of El Salvador.” He leaves just enough doubt to say, “I was only ...
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The reasons behind Ortega and Murillo’s Nicaragua crackdown
Christine Wade | 
International opposition has had little effect so far on repression in Nicaragua. To understand why, it’s important to recognize Ortega and Murillo’s ...
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If sanctions failed to solve Nicaragua’s crisis, will more sanctions succeed?
Tiziano Breda | 
Hopes for a peaceful, diplomatic outcome may seem slender. But confidence that tougher sanctions will do the job on their own may be even more misplaced.
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