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Alberto Fernández says Milei is a ‘threat’ to democracy

30-03-2023 14:24 Argentina’s president gives interview discussing his meeting with US President Joe Biden, the ruling coalition’s line-up for the PASO primaries, whether he will run for a second term and why he thinks libertarian lawmaker Javier Milei is a “threat to democracy.”

Cold war between Rodríguez Larreta, Bullrich heats up

16-02-2023 01:33 Two leading PRO party figures – Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Patricia Bullrich – are immersed in an opinion poll battle as they jostle for position ahead of the August PASO primaries. The City Mayor knows that the typical UCR voter is closer to him, but former security minister is making Radical hardliners her focus.

by Ezequiel Spillman

Bolsonaro backers deface Congress in ugly anti-Lula stand

08-01-2023 23:32 Hundreds of supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro broke through police barricades and stormed Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court on Sunday, in a dramatic protest against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's inauguration.

Máximo Kirchner: ‘I don't think Cristina will be a candidate in 2023’

24-10-2022 16:17 Frente de Todos national deputy says that “today, Peronism has no candidates” but that his mother, Cristina Fernándex de Kirchner, is unlikely to run for president next year.

Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets

23-06-2022 00:16 Gustavo Petro, who beat construction magnate Rodolfo Hernández in last Sunday’s run-off by 50% of the votes against 47%, will take office on August 7.

Here’s how radical Gustavo Petro can be as Colombian president

20-06-2022 14:26 Investors in Colombia are trying to gauge how radical Gustavo Petro's government will be. Here's a look at some of the leftist leader's main proposals for the economy.

Maverick millionaire threatens Petro's presidential ambitions in Colombia

30-05-2022 22:32 Maverick millionaire Rodolfo Hernández, 77, finished second in presidential elections Sunday with 28 percent of votes cast, denying leftist frontrunner Gustavo Petro, an outright first-round victory and eliminating right-wing establishment candidate Federico "Fico" Gutiérrez.

Colombia’s number one banker has no fear of leftist front-runner

19-05-2022 08:00 Luis Carlos Sarmiento Gutiérrez would figure to be one of the people fretting the most about the looming election of the first left-wing leader in Colombia’s modern history. But, at least publicly, he betrays little angst about the outcome of the vote this month. 

Ex-Brazilian judge Sergio Moro ends campaign for president

31-03-2022 22:03 Sergio Moro, the famed 'Lava Jato' federal judge and ex-justice minister drops out of race for Presidency.

Facebook misidentified thousands of political ads, says study

09-12-2021 14:53 Facebook misidentified tens of thousands of advertisements flagged under its political ads policy, according to a study released Thursday, which warned that the failure could lead to political manipulation.