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.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Brazil, Spain struggle to shake criticism as Maduro enablers 25-09-2024 18:06 At a recent United Nations gathering, Brazilian President Lula and Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez faced scrutiny for their ambiguous stance on Nicolás Maduro's regime in Venezuela.
OPINION & ANALYSIS Islamophobia in the UK: We should all be concerned, not just Muslims 15-08-2024 15:28 We cannot fall into the fallacy of attributing an individual's crime to an entire religion. by Marwan Sarwar Gill*
RIOTS IN UNITED KINGDOM UK PM Starmer vows no let up in stopping further far-right riots 08-08-2024 15:23 Keir Starmer insists UK authorities will maintain a crackdown on violent far-right disorder plaguing British streets.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Martin Schulz: ‘The result of the war in Ukraine is decisive for the future of the EU’ 02-08-2024 07:05 Former President of the European Parliament, German ex-lawmaker and MEP Martin Schulz, a former president of the European Parliament, on politics in the Old Continent, the EU’s ties with Latin America and the global rise of the far right. by Jorge Fontevecchia
Foreign relations & diplomacy Milei basks in right-wing election gains as he returns to Europe 20-06-2024 22:15 Emboldened by the success of his right-wing allies across the continent, Argentina's President is looking forward to his trip to Europe.
Beyond the headlines Right is always right, right? 15-06-2024 06:24 Fragmentation is the name of the game both here and there – Europe’s far right is merely the loudest and most visible. by Michael Soltys
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Far-right surge in European elections may put EU-CELAC relations at risk 06-05-2024 16:13 A strengthening of the far right in upcoming European parliamentary elections could put the brakes on the EU's relations with Latin America and the Caribbean.
EUROPEAN POLITICS Far right could exploit EU's economic slump to win big in June vote 13-02-2024 11:46 Soaring food costs, economic stagnation and deteriorating living standards risk pushing voters into the far right's arms in European elections later this year.
CHILEAN POLITICS Chile to vote on new, more conservative constitution 16-12-2023 16:51 Chileans to vote in a second referendum aimed at replacing the country's dictatorship-era constitution, with analysts saying the new proposal is even more conservative than the existing charter.
Presidential handover Milei meets with Bolsonaro in Buenos Aires ahead of inauguration 08-12-2023 14:38 Argentina's Javier Milei receives former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro in Buenos Aires ahead of president-elect's inauguration on Sunday.
ELECTION 2023: REACTION Musk, Trump and Bolsonaro hail Milei's win in Argentina 19-11-2023 23:14 Right-wingers in the Americas cheer Javier Milei's victory over Sergio Massa in Sunday's run-off.
ELECTION 2023 Milei’s followers stir up spectre of fraud on social networks 09-11-2023 10:21 Echoing the elections of Donald Trump in the United States and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Argentina now becomes the latest country to battle unfounded electoral fraud claims.
feature: european politics Far-right parties are gaining traction across Europe 12-09-2023 17:41 Former fringe parties now place among the top three most-popular political groups in almost half of the 27-member EU.
CAMPAIGN COMMENTS A no-win election 27-05-2023 06:45 The fact remains that the last three people to run Argentina have all opted to sit this election out. The only question here is what lies behind their “fear to tread.” by Michael Soltys
RISE OF THE RIGHT Chile's far right re-emerges after presidential defeat 11-05-2023 09:26 Led by conservative lawyer José Antonio Kast, an apologist for deceased military dictator Augusto Pinochet, Chile's Partido Republicano remains an enduring force.