POLITICS ‘Unsalted eggs’ and Rodríguez Larreta’s fight against everyone (including Milei) for 2023 28-05-2022 00:54 Given Argentina’s particular electoral system, we have a three-round bout ahead of us. by Agustino Fontevecchia
BRAZIL ELECTION 2022 Will Bolsonaro stage a comeback election win? 04-05-2022 15:45 The far-right incumbent has staged a turnaround, so much so that political analysts now say he could yet come from behind to win a new four-year term.
Colombia election 2022 Colombian presidential hopeful Petro signs oath against expropriation 19-04-2022 08:36 Gustavo Petro, who leads in opinion polls ahead of Colombian elections next month, signs oath not to expropriate property if he becomes next president.
Brazil election 2022 Cash handouts are saving Brazil’s poorest — and Bolsonaro’s campaign 18-04-2022 16:56 Jair Bolsonaro trails in polls for Brazil's upcoming presidential election. The outcome may hinge on government subsidies in a nation riven by inequality.
LATIN AMERICA: THE YEAR AHEAD Lula leads election poll as Brazilians fret about jobs, virus 12-01-2022 22:06 Brazilians’ worries about unemployment and Covid-19 continue to chip away at Jair Bolsonaro’s popularity, a new poll has found, leaving former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on track to win this year’s election.
MIDTERM ELECTIONS 2021 Midterm elections 2021: Pollsters forecast similar results to PASO 10-11-2021 16:01 Seven of Argentina’s top pollsters agree that the numbers won’t change much from the primaries, though there will be some differences. Some see the government pulling back points in the midterms; others envisage the opposition stretching their advantage. by Gabriel Ziblat
ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES Turnout and undecided voters prove to be obstacles for pollsters 09-09-2021 23:27 Pollsters agree that the result in Buenos Aires Province will be closer than expected, but none pick the same winner. Most of the undefined are Frente de Todos voters in 2019. by Gabriel Ziblat
ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES Pre-PASO polls boost opposition's hopes in Buenos Aires Province 06-09-2021 18:15 Less than a week before primaries, Diego Santilli is polling higher than neuroscientist Facundo Manes in Buenos Aires Province. Two surveys show that share of vote going to opposition in key battleground region outscores ruling coalition candidate Victoria Tolosa Paz.
CITY MAYOR, NEXT PRESIDENT? Rodríguez Larreta’s labyrinth 17-04-2021 09:06 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta marks out his differences with the government and the hardliners in the opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition. by Gabriel Ziblat
ISRAELI ELECTION Netanyahu polling ahead but win uncertain in new Israel vote 22-03-2021 14:37 Israeli voters readied for a fourth election in under two years Tuesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead in the polls but uncertain of clinching a governing majority.
CHAOS IN WASHINGTON Latin American lessons for the United States’ damaged democracy 09-01-2021 07:16 Being able to disrupt the constitutional process, whether directly or indirectly, through the use of violence is an indication that said democratic process is breaking down. by Agustino Fontevecchia
EDITORIAL No Trump card in the disunited states 14-11-2020 09:09 When Charles I met his end, his studied dignity evoked that Shakespearian Macbeth line: “Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it” – today in the United States, Donald Trump continues to resist any such epitaph to his presidency.
US ELECTION 2020 Counting the vote: Will we know the result of the US election on the night? 31-10-2020 10:26 How will the various ballots be counted? And what results will be known on election night?
LATAM WATCH Go vote, boy! 31-10-2020 08:31 Latinos don’t vote as a bloc, but with 32 million eligible voters, they will certainly go a long way towards swinging Tuesday’s US election. by Carolina Barros
BOLIVIAN ELECTION Official count confirms Arce’s landslide win in Bolivia election 24-10-2020 09:20 A final official vote count has confirmed Luis Arce’s sweeping landslide victory in Bolivia's presidential election.