Elections
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ANALYSIS
Brazilian Ballot Shifts as Lula Confronts a More Challenging Latin America
Brazil's rapidly tightening electoral race extends beyond domestic implications. It indicates a regional shift toward security, conservatism, and anti-establishment pragmatism,…
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Colombia Picks Its Pieces as the Presidential Race Finally Hardens
Colombia’s latest vote did not choose a president, but it exposed the battlefield ahead: a strengthened left, a revived right,…
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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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