Elections
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ANALYSIS
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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Politics
Costa Rica’s Broken Halo: Crime, Fear, and a High-Stakes Election
Costa Rica once sold the world a simple promise: safety in a region defined by turmoil. Now assassinations, cartel rivalries,…
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ANALYSIS
Chile Turns Right as Crime Anxiety Reshapes Political Map
Once Latin America's safest country, Chile now votes under the shadow of fear. Crime, migration, and nostalgia for strongman rule…
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Chile’s Two Weeks of Silence: When Democracy Turns Off the Lights
At midnight, the silence begins. Fifteen days before Chile's presidential election, a sweeping ban on publishing opinion polls descends like…
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