Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó reclaims the country’s National Assembly two days after Nicolás Maduro’s loyalists attempted to takeover Venezuela’s last standing democratic institution.
The Organization of American States will select a new Secretary General next March 2020. The current candidate pool totals three candidates from Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay.
As we wrap up the year, here are ten articles that encompass the year’s trends and news.
The allegations of excessive use of violence by Chile’s security forces open a debate over the deep reforms needed so that security institutions can satisfactorily fulfill their main constitutional and legal functions.
As protests began in Colombia, the demands of the public were purely economic. However, their original claims soon functioned as a catalyst to call out human rights violations.
Juan Guaidó’s political future will be determined in the next couple of weeks, as his term as president of the National Assembly expires on January 5, 2020. The young leader has already announced his reelection bid, but with a fragmented opposition, it won’t be an easy win.
The battle to reform Uruguay’s flagging education system represents the mixed legacy of the Broad Front’s time in power.
Uruguay’s president-elect, Luis Lacalle Pou, who won a hotly contested election by less than 40,000 votes, will face strong opposition and a fragile government coalition.
While some fear that Alberto Fernández’s victory means a return to the populist and fiscally irresponsible policies of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the country’s current political and economic state will likely force the new president to take a moderate course.
Following the runoff election on November 24, Uruguay will face the challenge of remaining one of the strongest democracies in Latin America. This will be a shared responsibility between the winner and the losing party.
