¿Estamos ante un cambio político histórico en la Argentina?
Los resultados de las elecciones legislativas del 22 de octubre pueden poner fin a larga hegemonía del peronismo.
Gabriel Salvia
October 27, 2017
How chavismo beat the international community… again
By failing to tie a sanctions policy to demands for credible election observers in the October 15 elections, the international community bought more time for the Maduro government and sold out the opposition.
Andrés Cañizález
October 26, 2017
Who are the Council of Electoral Specialists of Latin America (CEELA)?
The Maduro government refused to invite standard, professional election observation groups to monitor Sunday’s balloting. Instead a previously unknown group, CEELA, showed up to praise the process. Who are they?
Victoria Gaytan
October 17, 2017
La falta de competencia daña a la democracia
La derecha no debiera celebrar la poca competencia que las encuestas registran en la campaña presidencial, porque la democracia se fortalece cuando hay una cerrada pugna entre, al menos, dos candidatos.
Patricio Navia
September 7, 2017
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet reshuffles her economic cabinet, again
Disagreement over a mining project forced Bachelet’s economic advisers to resign from their posts, marking the president’s second break with a Secretary of Finance during her 4-year tenure.
Lucas Perelló
September 5, 2017
Argentina’s voters look towards the future, not the past
In Sunday’s primary elections, Argentine voters rejected a return to Peronism, and bet on Macri’s Cambiemos coalition for a second time.
Lucas Perelló
August 17, 2017
In Honduras, a divided opposition will likely struggle in this year’s elections
As the November presidential elections approach in Honduras, the opposition appears too divided to defeat an unpopular incumbent.
Lucas Perelló
July 31, 2017
Chile veers to the right in presidential primaries
Piñera in pole position, larger turnout than expected
Patricio Navia
July 13, 2017
A Radical Change in Chile? Don’t Bet on it
Last week’s primaries show that most voters are looking for mainstream candidates for president in November.
Patricio Navia
July 13, 2017
Elecciones sin electores
En un país donde la participación electoral ya venía de caída, la decisión de realizar primarias en pleno invierno —en un día, además, en que la selección chilena de fútbol pudiera estar jugando la final de la Copa Confederaciones— no puede sino ser entendida como un autogol de una clase política deslegitimada e impopular.
Patricio Navia
June 28, 2017