News of us elections

Venezuela appoints new, pro-president electoral council

05-05-2021 12:18 New national electoral council that has a majority favorable to President Nicolás Maduro's government voted into power, setting up potentially fresh barriers to opposition participation in upcoming votes.

Political crisis in El Salvador as lawmakers oust judges, attorney general

03-05-2021 13:44 A political storm has erupted in El Salvador after its Legislative Assembly, newly controlled by President Nayib Bukele's party, dismissed the attorney general and top judges deemed hostile to the populist leader.

Situations vacant: Justice Ministry

20-03-2021 08:14 The president has sided with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in her battle against the judicial branch. But will he sacrifice Guzmán if members of his coalition frown at any belt-tightening to meet those targets?

by Martín Gambarotta

Declare me innocent, or else

20-03-2021 07:48 Political power is now in the hands of individuals who are far more interested in the future of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her offspring than in the fate of the rest of the population.

by James Neilson

Not so much how to win as when?

06-02-2021 10:32 The current combination of capital controls, price freezes, overpriced bonds, etc. might suffice for the next eight months without bursting, but not for a further two years.

What we learned this week: January 30 to February 6

06-02-2021 10:28 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Plan Máximo: First the province, then the presidency

16-01-2021 08:03 Máximo Kirchner, 43-year-old son of two former presidents, aims to head the Buenos Aires provincial branch of the PJ movement, before using it as a launching-pad for the 2023 elections. The ultimate goal? The Casa Rosada.

by Carlos Claá & Rodis Recalt, Noticias

American carnage: Trump presidency careens toward violent end

09-01-2021 08:44 Four years after promising to banish “American carnage” in his inaugural address on the steps of the US Capitol, he brought it to the door of US democracy.

Trump will be gone, but trauma of 2020 may haunt Biden

26-12-2020 10:06 Even with Donald Trump gone and Joe Biden promising to heal the nation there'll be no quick return to normal in 2021.

Argentina refuses to back OAS condemnation of Venezuela vote

12-12-2020 09:39 Alberto Fernández administration refuses to back Organisation of American States resolution denouncing last weekend’s vote as “fraudulent” and “neither free nor fair.”

Chávez, Soros and ‘My Cousin Vinny’: Giuliani gives a performance to remember

21-11-2020 09:14 In an extraordinary 90-minute press conference in Washington, Giuliani and other members of Trump's legal team left no doubt they were refusing to acknowledge Biden's win, arguing instead that a broad "national conspiracy" to deny Trump re-election was underway.

The finish-line is in sight

21-11-2020 08:42 It has certainly been a rough ride, but the finishing line is in sight and there are feeble signs that Republican legislators are questioning, although not yet challenging, Trump’s leadership of the party.

by Robert Cox

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.

Latin America watches on as United States heads to the polls

31-10-2020 10:36 With the region facing unprecedented economic and health concerns, as well as the issue of China’s increasing presence, Tuesday’s election could set the tone for the next phase of US-Latin America relations.

by Jennifer Heiman & Anina Hoffman

An election for the soul of America

31-10-2020 08:43 With both the Democratic and Republican candidates in the United States declaring that this election is a battle to save “the soul of America,” it is time to ask where the soul lies.

by Robert Cox

Biden, Trump barnstorm America’s Midwest in election home stretch

31-10-2020 08:39 US presidential candidates ramp up campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s crucial US election.

Enough with the bickering – Alberto and Mauricio should meet

17-10-2020 09:05 At an extremely troublesome moment for the world, Argentina is engaging in ridiculous self-inflicted shocks of uncertainty.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Is time running out for Donald Trump?

10-10-2020 09:16 US president is desperate to get back on the road, despite coronavirus diagnosis. But his chances of winning look to be fading, with little time left to recover.

Biden accepts Democratic nomination – now Trump awaits

22-08-2020 10:31 Former vice-president pledges to end 'darkness' in speech closing a very peculiar Democratic convention; Obama uses address to issue scathing criticism of Trump, saying he is a threat to US democracy.

Argentina: ‘Electoral route is only way' to resolve crisis in Venezuela

17-08-2020 18:51 Government distances itself from statement from more than 30 groups calling for free general elections in order to establish transitional government.