News of elections

Rodríguez Larreta pitches presidential bid in speech to City legislature

02-03-2023 17:17 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta inaugurated the opening of ordinary sessions of the City Legislature on Wednesday by plugging his administration as an example of how "we can advance in the same direction nationwide" – an implicit nod to his presidential ambitions.

Daniel Scioli to run in Frente de Todos presidential primary

27-02-2023 11:42 Political veteran confirms presidential run and says he can lead ruling coalition to victory; Scioli, currently Argentina’s ambassador to Brazil, lost 2015 presidential election to Mauricio Macri in a run-off.

Peronists keeps door open to CFK for election bid

18-02-2023 10:14 Leaders from the divided Peronist ruling coalition are keeping the door open to Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner running for president in this year’s election.

The number of the beast

18-02-2023 06:00 The apocalyptic number of six has already struck twice on the judicial and economic fronts – will it make a third and final appearance?

The ornithology of Frente de Todos and Juntos por el Cambio

11-02-2023 07:00 Argentina has been locked in a bi-coalitionism over the past several electoral periods, but the novel element this time around is the internal fragmentation of both spaces.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Pre-electoral post-mortems

11-02-2023 06:57 While the gridlock emanating from polarised politics is bad enough, fragmentation threatens to add further uncertainty to the electoral picture.

Peru's Congress delays session on moving up elections

31-01-2023 14:58 Peru's Congress postponed until Tuesday afternoon the session to vote on whether to move up general elections to this year, amid growing protests calling for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte. 

Secret pacts between Massa & Alberto and Macri & Rodríguez Larreta

28-01-2023 01:19 Have the tables turned on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner? Public and private information indicates that Alberto Fernández and Sergio Massa have an explicit agreement regarding the 2023 presidential election.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Amid financial uncertainty, Brazilians prepare to vote

02-09-2022 10:01 Poll shows Brazilians’ top priority in the coming election is the economy: voters will decide between far-right current president Jair Bolsonaro and leftist former president Lula.

Bolsonaro fetes Emperor Pedro I's heart

25-08-2022 16:43 The heart of Emperor Pedro I, who brought Brazil independence, continues its tour through the South American nation, accompanied by gaudy celebrations. Critics have likened Bolsonaro's heart pageantry as reminiscent of Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship.

Brazil's Bolsonaro gets in spat with heckler

19-08-2022 15:49 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro got into an altercation Thursday with a social media personality who questioned and insulted him, grabbing the man by the shirt and arm after he called the leader a "bum."

Colombia to divert criminals' assets to social good: president

19-08-2022 15:38 Colombia's new president Gustavo Petro has vowed to transfer assets seized from drug traffickers and other criminals to needy communities in the violence- and inequality-plagued country.

Argentina cabinet reshuffle: rumours of another new economy minister

28-07-2022 13:23 Argentine Government is changing again: Béliz resigns, rumours abound that Sergio Massa will replace Silvina Batakis as economy minister.

Speaking to ambassadors, Bolsonaro again questions electoral system

19-07-2022 14:47 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gathered diplomats on Monday to criticise the electoral system. All polls predict he will lose when the elections take place in three months.

Ex-guerilla, millionaire maverick in race for Colombian presidency

30-05-2022 10:35 Two former mayors — a leftist and an independent outsider — will fight it out for the Colombian presidency on June 19 after coming out tops in a first voting round Sunday.

Historic leftist win in first round of Colombian presidential vote

30-05-2022 00:11 With more than 99 percent of votes counted, preliminary results show Gustavo Petro, former Bogotá mayor and leftist ex-guerrilla, taking 40.3 percent; first round of presidential elections will culminate in a runoff against maverick outsider on June 19.

Brazil's Lula ties the knot months before presidential election

19-05-2022 12:57 Former Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the front-runner in the October elections, married fellow Workers' Party member and sociologist Rosangela da Silva on Wednesday.

Smiley and discreet: meet the sociologist who married Brazil's Lula

19-05-2022 12:45 Sociologist Rosangela da Silva and Lula, Brazil's president from 2003 to 2010, were married in a ceremony on Wednesday evening, the details of which were kept top-secret.

Colombian rebels announce ceasefire for presidential elections

16-05-2022 16:53 Colombia's last recognised rebel group, the Marxist National Liberation Army (ELN), on Monday announced a 10-day ceasefire to allow presidential elections to pass off peacefully.

Colombia's military bristles at rise of leftist presidential hopeful Gustavo Petro

06-05-2022 11:18 Historically aligned to a succession of right-wing governments, Colombia's top military echelon breaks a long-standing rule of political neutrality to lash out against Gustavo Petro, former guerrilla fighter and a perceived leftist threat.