Elections
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ANALYSIS
Colombia Minimum Wage Fight Turns Courtrooms into Campaign Stages Again
On Jan. 1, Colombia’s new minimum wage landed on pay stubs and spreadsheets alike. Now a court has paused the…
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Peru Ousts Jerí as Congress Keeps the Revolving Door Spinning
On Tuesday, Peru’s Congress removed interim president José Jerí just weeks before the April elections, adding to nearly a decade…
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Colombia Tiger Candidate Turns Homeland Theater into a Presidential Test
Criminal lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella, known as "the tiger," leads a Semana poll as Colombia nears May 31, highlighting…
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Latin American Democracy Faces a Hard Turn Toward Uniformed Solutions
From Caracas to Lima, the region’s elections, extortion rackets, and foreign pressure are converging into a single dangerous story: when…
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Politics
Colombian Petro Faces Trump Storm as Sovereignty Becomes Election Currency
A year of insults, tariffs, and sanctions has brought Colombia and the United States to the brink. Gustavo Petro calls…
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Politics
Honduras Vote Drama Turns Christmas Count into a Geopolitical Test
Three weeks after Honduras’ November 30 election, officials still counted, protesters still shouted, and families still waited. Nasry Asfura leads…
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Chile Swings Right as Crime and Migration Fears Rewrite Hope
In Chile, the election of José Antonio Kast signals a rightward turn powered less by ideology than by anxiety about…
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Politics
Chile Elects Kast Again: Crime and Memory Shape A Presidency
Chile’s run-off gave Jose Antonio Kast 58 percent of the vote and the presidency, ending the center-left era after Gabriel…
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Politics
St. Lucia’s Ballot Reflects Crime Fears, Passport Debates, And U.S. Ties
St. Lucia's voters have handed Philip J. Pierre and his St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) another term in power, reaffirming…
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AMERICAS
Honduras Elections Amid Gunfire, Grief, Fear, And Fragile Democracy
On the eve of Honduras's elections, campaign songs mixed with gunshots, a five-year-old boy died in his grandmother's arms, and…
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