La utópica unidad de la izquierda
En tanto no sea capaz de demostrar unidad en torno a un proyecto común, la izquierda arriesga perder una elección que ahora parece al alcance de su mano. A su vez, en la medida que sea capaz de mostrarse como el líder de una derecha unida, Piñera tendrá posibilidades de revertir una campaña de segunda vuelta que ahora aparece cuesta arriba.
Competencia por quién suma más
Tan importante como el apoyo de Ossandón, es que la decisión de Piñera de convocarlo refleja que el candidato de Chile Vamos entiende mejor que Guillier la cancha en la que se juega la segunda vuelta. Mientras el abanderado oficialista pierde valiosos días amarrando apoyos en la izquierda, Piñera ha emprendido su camino a conquistar el voto de centro.
Argentina at the Crossroads Again
Macri’s legislative achievements in his first year in office were remarkable. Although his Cambiemos (Change) coalition was a minority in both houses of the Congreso de la Nación Argentina (Argentine National Congress), his government passed approximately ninety laws during the period, working with dissident members of the previously in power Peronist Party and using the national government’s significant financial contribution to provincial budgets as leverage in influencing their senators.
Historic human rights ruling in Argentina
The conclusion of the trials over human rights abuses committed in the Navy medical school (ESMA) is a milestone in Argentina’s reckoning with its past.
A year of contradictions on the treatment of women
Two competing norms have emerged on the treatment of women in modern society. In times of such social polarization we are rehashing once-settled issue. It’s not clear which side will win.
2005: The Blunder Year
2005 was great for the Revolution, as president Chávez consolidated his political victories of previous years. The opposition was so ineffective, it seems complicit in retrospective.
In Honduras, the opposition is close to winning the presidency in a controversial presidential election
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.
Dialogue in Venezuela
How many failed attempts at dialogue will it take for mediators and other outside parties to realize that unless they impose real costs on the government, the Maduro regime won’t change?
Presidential re-election and party system change on the ballot in Honduras on Sunday
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.
El traspié de Piñera
Muchas cosas pueden cambiar en la segunda vuelta. Pero es innegable que, si la semana pasada la derecha sacaba cuentas alegres, a partir de anoche la izquierda ha vuelto a soñar con seguir en el poder después de marzo de 2018.