Re-electionistas: In Bolivia and Honduras, thirst for power trumps ideology
Recent events in Honduras and Bolivia show the corruption of institutions knows no ideological boundaries.
Recent events in Honduras and Bolivia show the corruption of institutions knows no ideological boundaries.
In an unprecedented election marred by the incompetence of Honduras’ Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the country now has two self-proclaimed presidents with the center-left candidate unofficially in the lead.
While this Sunday’s presidential elections are a test of President Hernández’ controversial re-election, the legislative elections will likely reveal the splintering of Honduras’ one-time bi-party system.
Though Sebastián Piñera is still the favorite heading into the December run-off elections, he suffered a real setback over the weekend.
With former president Sebastián Piñera seemingly cruising to victory, Chile appears set to have been ruled by two people for 16 of the 32 years since its transition to democracy.
Los resultados de las elecciones legislativas del 22 de octubre pueden poner fin a larga hegemonía del peronismo.
By failing to tie a sanctions policy to demands for credible election observers in the October 15 elections, the international community bought more time for the Maduro government and sold out the opposition.
The Maduro government refused to invite standard, professional election observation groups to monitor Sunday’s balloting. Instead a previously unknown group, CEELA, showed up to praise the process. Who are they?
La derecha no debiera celebrar la poca competencia que las encuestas registran en la campaña presidencial, porque la democracia se fortalece cuando hay una cerrada pugna entre, al menos, dos candidatos.
Disagreement over a mining project forced Bachelet’s economic advisers to resign from their posts, marking the president’s second break with a Secretary of Finance during her 4-year tenure.