Has Election Observation Evolved for the Better?
The downgrading of electoral expectations and standards reflects the changing nature of elected autocratic regimes.
Christopher Sabatini
April 2, 2024
Latin America’s “Voto Castigo”
The results of this year’s elections are likely to have a profound effect on the region: either strengthening democratic values or burying them under a mountain of extremism and polarization.
Beatriz Nice
February 2, 2024
An Era of Containment: Latin America’s Top 10 LGBTQ Stories of 2023
The era of net gains for the LGBTQ community seems to have been replaced by an era of containment.
Javier Corrales
January 5, 2024
How Long Will Chile’s Dissatisfied Democrats Remain Democrats?
The faltering constitutional process indeed captures Chileans’ portrayal as ‘dissatisfied democrats’: they believe in democracy but dislike its results.
Jennifer Piscopo
December 13, 2023
Suriname, Energy Transition, and Climate Change
Suriname’s prospects of becoming a petrostate improved considerably in September 2023, when France’s TotalEnergies announced that it is commencing studies for developing a USD 9 billion oil and gas project for the Caribbean country’s offshore fields. This project is expected to revitalize the country’s deeply challenged economy and radically reduce poverty. Yet Suriname, like many of its neighbors in the Caribbean and Latin America, faces climate change challenges and is seeking to transition from a dependence on fossil fuels to renewables.
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October 27, 2023