Elections
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ANALYSIS
Brazil Hears Lula’s Gospel Pitch as Evangelical Voters Weigh Faith and Politics
Brazil's evangelical voters are hearing gospel music, biblical appeals, and competing claims about their loyalties. As Lula seeks reelection, survey…
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AMERICAS
Brazil’s Thirty-Year-Old Electronic Voting System Faces Distrust as Presidential Race Tightens
Thirty years after Brazil introduced electronic voting, its inventors remember paper fraud, unfamiliar keyboards, and voters eager to experiment. Now,…
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Politics
Brazil Youth Tune Out Traditional Parties but Keep Politics in Their Feeds
Brazil’s October elections reveal a gap between young voters and traditional parties. Falling teenage registration, digital communities and frustration over…
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Politics
Brazil Counts Votes While Trans Lawmakers Fight to Be Counted
Brazil’s 2022 election opened Congress to unprecedented transgender representation. Four years later, two federal deputies face a Supreme Court challenge…
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Politics
Nicaragua Votes on Nothing as Ortega Buries the Ballot Box
Daniel Ortega’s threat to end meaningful elections in Nicaragua completes a long democratic demolition, built through court rulings, jailed challengers,…
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ANALYSIS
Nicaragua Buries the Ballot and Deepens Its Dangerous Geopolitical Isolation
Daniel Ortega’s declaration that Nicaragua will hold no more competitive elections transforms authoritarian drift into permanent rule, threatening the country’s…
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ANALYSIS
Peru Hands Keiko Fujimori the Keys to a Haunted House
Keiko Fujimori’s razor-thin win gives Peru a familiar promise of order. Still, the map of her victory tells a rougher…
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ECONOMY
Colombia Bets on De la Espriella as Markets Count Pesos
Colombia's incoming far-right president, Abelardo de la Espriella, promises fiscal shock therapy, oil revival and a patriotic miracle. Still, the…
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ANALYSIS
Peru Election Math Turns Dangerous When Sánchez Subtracts Democracy Abroad
Roberto Sánchez wants Peru's overseas ballots erased because they favor Keiko Fujimori. The demand is legally audacious, politically antidemocratic, and…
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ANALYSIS
A Nation Split by a Sliver: De la Espriella’s Narrow Win Tests Colombia’s Democracy
Abelardo de la Espriella's razor-thin presidential win has pushed Colombia toward a hard-right turn, exposing public exhaustion with violence, Gustavo…
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