Elections

July 4, 2018
Christy Thornton

After an election with 3,400 positions in contest, Mexico stands poised for profound changes under the leadership of president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

 

May 25, 2018
Steve Ellner

Maduro’s electoral victory was expected, given the boycott by the most powerful sectors of the opposition and allegations of vote manipulation. But both Chavistas and opposition camps will need to find common ground to solve the pressing challenges facing Venezuela.

May 18, 2018
Gabriel Hetland

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will likely win Sunday’s elections—not due to fraud, but because of the opposition’s call for a boycott and continued support in Venezuela for the Chavista government.

May 18, 2018
NACLA Editors

A NACLA syllabus on the current situation in Venezuela

May 18, 2018
Joe Sammut

Elections loom amidst economic crisis and the threat of political violence in Venezuela. What are the possible outcomes?

May 17, 2018
Jeff Abbott

The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) has revealed $2 million in illegal campaign financing in the 2015 election of President Jimmy Morales. What will it mean for the country’s anti-corruption movement?

May 17, 2018
Alexander Main

The Trump administration’s foreign policy toward Venezuela includes supporting a boycott of Sunday’s elections in Venezuela, hinting at the possibility of a coup, and enacting harmful economic sanctions, with consequences for democracy in the country beset by poverty and unrest.

April 20, 2018
Nicholas Cunningham

What could the results of Mexico and Brazil’s upcoming elections have in store for energy policies and the oil industry?

April 17, 2018
Emma Shaw Crane

The FARC’s new political party ran their first campaign in Colombia’s March congressional elections, despite challenges and delays in implementing the peace accords. Following the campaign in Bogotá brings the FARC’s urban vision to light.

February 9, 2018
Angélica Almazán

Can Marichuy, an Indigenous activist, collect enough signatures to appear on ballots in Mexico's 2018 presidential election? 

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