News of election

Maduro sets 'public debate' on constitutional reform

Yesterday 11:40 Days after his swearing-in for a third term in office amid allegations of electoral fraud, President Nicolás Maduro pledges to "integrate the popular power" into Venezuela's constitution.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro denied passport for Trump inauguration

16-01-2025 17:58 Brazil's supreme court denied former president Jair Bolsonaro, under investigation for an alleged coup plot, from traveling to Donald Trump's inauguration next week.

UNITED STATES

Biden warns of US 'oligarchy' threat in farewell speech

15-01-2025 23:45 Just days away from leaving office, US President Joe Biden tells the nation to "stand guard" amidst grim future.

PROFILE

María Corina Machado: the face and fire of Venezuela's opposition

13-01-2025 05:56 María Corina Machado has become the face of Venezuela's opposition after being barred from challenging sitting-president Nicolás Maduro in last year's elections.

Political crisis in Venezuela

Brief arrest rocks Venezuela as Maduro targets opposition

10-01-2025 08:48 Though she was released within two hours, the reported arrest of María Corina Machado on Thursday marks a significant escalation by Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela.

Political crisis in Venezuela

Maduro to take presidential oath despite domestic, global outcry

10-01-2025 08:40 President Nicolás Maduro due to be sworn in for a third consecutive term, despite multiple countries recognising opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as legitimate president-elect following disputed elections past July.

Political crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela opposition claims Machado briefly detained in Caracas protest

09-01-2025 16:44 Venezuela pro-democracy figurehead María Corina Machado emerged from months of hiding to lead a mass protest in Caracas Thursday, before conflicting claims that she was briefly detained by state security agents.

PROTESTS IN VENEZUELA

'Venezuela will be free': anti-Maduro protests roil Caracas

09-01-2025 15:17 Opponents of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro take to the streets in a last-ditch protest against his swearing-in for a third six-year term as president.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Brazil's 2026 elections, without Lula or Bolsonaro?

21-12-2024 04:46 Brazil's 2026 presidential election may offer a field of candidates featuring neither incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nor far-right rival Jair Bolsonaro – a novel scenario for Argentina's giant neighbour.

POLITICS & COURTS

Supreme Ct declares Insfrán’s indefinite re-election in Formosa unconstitutional

19-12-2024 19:02 The top tribunal unanimously ruled against unlimited re-election, blocking plans by Peronist governor to extend his term in power past 30-year mark.

ANGER IN CARACAS

Anger in Caracas as G7 backs Venezuelan opposition candidate

27-11-2024 22:04 Edmundo González Urrutia announces that he intends to travel to Caracas on January 10 to take office as president of Venezuela.

ANALYSIS

Too stable? Uruguay's model election masks problems

27-11-2024 10:00 Election day passed off peacefully in Uruguay, with the losing candidate accepting defeat gracefully. But underneath the surface, Argentina's neighbour faces a raft of issues, including growing disenchantment with the political system.

POLITICS IN URUGUAY

Orsi, Uruguay's president-elect, visits mentor Mujica after run-off win

25-11-2024 22:22 Frente Amplio leader Yamandú Orsi, who won last Sunday's presidential run-off plays up ties to ex-president Jose 'Pepe' Mujica ahead of taking office.

DIPLOMATIC ROW

Venezuela denies ‘besieging’ Argentina’s Embassy in Caracas

25-11-2024 20:43 Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello denies government is besieging Argentina’s Embassy in Caracas.

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Orsi wins Uruguay election as voters oust incumbent party

25-11-2024 13:03 Anti-incumbent trend in the Americas continues in Uruguay as voters’ worries about inequality and crime spur change of government.

URUGUAY ELECTION 2024

Uruguay readies for polls with Frente Amplio hoping for comeback

22-11-2024 10:03 Álvaro Delgado of outgoing president Luis Lacalle Pou's ruling coalition, and Yamandú Orsi, of the left-wing Frente Amplio coalition, go head-to-head in the Uruguay's presidential election run-off.

News of election

Maduro sets 'public debate' on constitutional reform

Brazil's Bolsonaro denied passport for Trump inauguration

Biden warns of US 'oligarchy' threat in farewell speech

María Corina Machado: the face and fire of Venezuela's opposition

Brief arrest rocks Venezuela as Maduro targets opposition

Maduro to take presidential oath despite domestic, global outcry

Venezuela opposition claims Machado briefly detained in Caracas protest

'Venezuela will be free': anti-Maduro protests roil Caracas

Brazil's 2026 elections, without Lula or Bolsonaro?

Supreme Ct declares Insfrán’s indefinite re-election in Formosa unconstitutional

Anger in Caracas as G7 backs Venezuelan opposition candidate

Too stable? Uruguay's model election masks problems

Orsi, Uruguay's president-elect, visits mentor Mujica after run-off win

Venezuela denies ‘besieging’ Argentina’s Embassy in Caracas

Orsi wins Uruguay election as voters oust incumbent party

Uruguay readies for polls with Frente Amplio hoping for comeback

Trump, the elected autocrat

Italy recognises Venezuelan opposition candidate as 'president-elect'

President Milei praises Trump at Mar-a-Lago event

Sombre swan song for Biden in South America

'Welcome back': Trump, Biden shake hands at White House

Post-electoral Democrat blues

Move over Javi, the Big Boss is back

MAGAlomaniac – no Camelot for Kamala

Shock ‘n awe

Trump card, or joker?

Welcome to the New Political Order

Milei to travel to US next week for meeting with Trump

Trump rides global wave of anti-incumbency

Biden's legacy in ruins after Trump’s triumph over Harris

Trump wins US election in extraordinary comeback

Harris gives defiant concession speech after stunning Trump win

Trump return sows new uncertainty for stunned global leaders

Argentina’s right celebrates Trump’s victory in US election

Macri, Scioli send congratulations to victorious Trump

‘A new American renaissance:’ Crypto celebrates Trump’s return

Trump victory to bring unrestrained 'America First' to world

Dollar soars, stocks rally as Trump wins US election

Kamala Harris defeated: United States faces wait for first woman president

US media calls election: Trump at 276 electoral college votes, Harris 219

Donald Trump: Political Houdini does it again

World leaders pledge to work with Trump as he claims US election win

US election 2024: Trump claims 'magnificent' victory over Harris

Trump takes early electoral lead as race with Harris takes shape

Harris or Trump? First polls close as US nervously awaits result

US ambassador says election result 'won't change' ties with Argentina

Harris or Trump: United States decides in knife-edge election

Milei considering US visit in event of Trump victory

'Panic buttons,' SWAT teams: United States braces for election unrest

Win the vote but still lose? Behold America's Electoral College

Argentina may send Armed Forces to beef up Triple Frontier security

Trump clash fractures Colombia's ruling coalition

Argentina’s energy export surge quells fears over currency management

'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison for gangs

Maduro sets 'public debate' on constitutional reform for February 15

Ramiro Marra publicó un mensaje en redes tras su expulsión de La Libertad Avanza: qué dijo

Expulsaron a Ramiro Marra de La Libertad Avanza: "Viva la lealtad"

Drogas, viajes y tríos sexuales: qué se sabe del caso de la mujer que saltó de un balcón y denunció a su pareja de obligarla a prostituirse

23 militares fueron dados de baja por crímenes de lesa humanidad: Petri aclaró que fue orden de la Justicia y no suya

Un avión con 64 pasajeros chocó contra un helicóptero y cayó al río cerca de Washington: buscan sobrevivientes en el agua helada