Colombia’s congressional election and inter-party primaries point to the return of uribismo to the presidency. Meanwhile, despite international attention, the FARC’s electoral debut was a bust.
It was good that 19 OAS member states mildly condemned Maduro and his rushed elections, but don’t expect change until there’s greater collective action outside and inside the country.
After nearly two decades of uninterrupted control over Mexico’s financial, political, and cultural center, the PRD risks losing Mexico City in the face of a challenge from the far left.
Following a surprising result on Sunday, Fabricio Alvarado and Carlos Alvarado will face off in a run-off election on April 1.
By the time 2018 draws to a close, three quarters of Latin Americans will have elected a new president. Though often taken for granted, the commissions responsible for ensuring free and fair elections will play a critical role in regional politics this year.
In a country long known as one of Latin America’s most stable democracies, a socially conservative outsider is leading polls ahead of Sunday’s first-round vote.
Ecuador still has a long way to go to recover from a polarizing ten years under populist Rafael Correa, but the first eight months of Lenín Moreno’s presidency have re-confirmed the importance of succession and regularly held elections.
An overview to identify the candidates with most possibilities of running and the most feasible alliances vis-a-vis the electoral event in Colombia.
Freedom House reports once again on the state of global freedom. Sadly, the countries that suffered democratic setbacks outnumbered those that registered gains, marking 2017 as the 12th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. In Latin America the picture is not so bright either.
Far from celebrating the wave of anti-corruption sentiment and investigations, we should fear for the future. The backlash could make the region a petri-dish for populism.
