Chile Vamos puede estar compuesto por más partidos que el duopolio UDI-RN que siempre dominó en la Alianza, pero la multiplicación de partidos no ha resultado en un aumento en el número de aspirantes a candidatos a alcalde. Es más, pese a buscar potenciar un mensaje de renovación, Chile Vamos solo parece capaz de reclutar candidatos con un largo historial en la política chilena.
After 11 years in power and the prospect of another four, what will come after Evo Morales and how his MAS will adapt to changing electoral patterns remains democracy’s biggest question in Bolivia.
Según Consejal Jesus Armas, “Ya no es una lucha entre gobierno y oposición, sino que, se ha convertido en una lucha entre el pueblo y un gobierno que nos ha empobrecido.”
The peace deal with the FARC is not an automatic remedy for the consequences and collateral damage of Colombia’s violent past, but failure to approve it in the popular referendum would be disastrous to the country.
At what point is a country considered in crisis? Is it when basic goods aren’t available? Is it when citizens must choose between “having a life” or waiting endless hours in “colas” (lines) to go shopping for the little that’s left?
Pope Francis and his trip to Mexico provide the central themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program discusses the pope’s fourth trip to Latin America, which will primarily focus on key stops throughout Mexico. The program reflects on the pope’s efforts to put the global refugee crisis and the need to ease migration restrictions in front of policymakers in the hemisphere.
After 15 years of strengthening relations, centred around combatting terrorism and fighting cocaine production, the government of President Juan Manuel Santos wants to go from being the recipient of military aid via Plan Colombia to the US being a partner in the Peace Colombia initiative.
Personal contacts and questionable contracts between the government and the Chinese company CAMC Engineering reveal both the problems with public procurement in Bolivia and how far Chinese companies have advanced in the country.
Primary battlegrounds now moving to states with more Latinos. But this will mean little if Latinos once again don’t turn out to vote. Trump’s tirades are the price Hispanics pay for voting apathy.
The December 6, 2015 elections brought positive change for Venezuela, but this is only the beginning in a long process that is likely to be complicated and in which a positive outcome is far from guaranteed.
