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U.S. Elections: Latino Voters Lost in the Noise?
By Fulton Armstrong and Eric Hershberg The U.S. general election on November 8 could give Latino voters their biggest chance yet to flex their political muscles. The Pew Research Center has released...
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The Cataclysm that the Latino Vote Couldn’t Stop
By Eric Hershberg Presidential candidate preference, by race or ethnicity / Pew Research Center In unprecedented numbers, Latino voters flexed their muscles in the bitter and destructive U.S....
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Local Ownership in Peacebuilding, Colombian style
By Angelika Rettberg* “Colombian peace is our American peace.” / urban_lenny / Flickr / Creative Commons Amid the increased political juggling in Colombia as the government’s peace deal with the...
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OAS-Venezuela: Almagro Ups the Ante
By Stefano Palestini Céspedes* Luis Almagro, OAS Secretary General, met with Freddy Guevara, First Vice President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, in Washington, DC in early February 2017. / Juan...
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Latin America: The Spirit of Constitutionalism under Attack
By Maxwell Cameron* A participant in a march in Venezuela holds up the country’s constitution. / TeleSURtv / Flickr / Creative Commons Recent events in Paraguay and Venezuela raise yet again the issue...
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Venezuela- OAS: New Chapter in a Long Story
By Stefano Palestini Céspedes* On April 3, a special meeting of the OAS Permanent Council voted to condemn Venezuela’s action that allows the Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) to take over the...
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Chile: Has the Center-Left Really Turned the Page?
By Stefano Palestini Céspedes* By choosing to support Presidential candidate Alejandro Guillier, the Chilean Socialist Party is turning the page on its ideological platform. / Movilh Chile / Flickr /...
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Can the 2018 Election Overcome Brazil’s Crisis of Legitimacy?
By Fabio Kerche* The Brazilian flag. / Club Med UK / Flickr / Creative Commons The political and economic crisis punctuated by the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 persists...
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OAS Secretary General’s Third Way Stumbles
By Stefano Palestini Céspedes* Luis Almagro, OAS Secretary General, at the first day of General Assembly in Cancún, June 2017. / Juan Manuel Herrera / OAS / Flickr / Creative Commons OAS Secretary...
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Migrants Make Family Back Home Critical of Government
By Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz and David Crow* A mural depicting the transnational migrant experience. / Max Herman / Flickr / Creative Commons Latin American citizens who discuss politics and belong to a...
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The Brazilian Roller Coaster … Still Heading Down
By Fábio Kerche* Rodrigo Maia (center), Speaker of the House of Representatives, gives an interview to the Brazilian press. If President Temer loses the House, Maia may replace him as President. The...
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Brazil: Surge in Divisive Politics
By Marcus Vinicius Rossi da Rocha* Brazilian right-wing politician Jair Bolsonaro disparages fellow politician Maria do Rosário during a debate on violence against women. / Marcelo Camargo / Agência...
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Honduras: Hernández Stealing the Election Too?
By Eric Hershberg and Fulton Armstrong Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. / Embassy of Honduras / Creative Commons Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández...
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The OAS and the Honduran Election Crisis
By Stefano Palestini Céspedes* Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (left) and OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro (right) at an OAS meeting last year. / Juan Manuel Herrera / OAS / Flickr /...
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Costa Rica: Anything is Possible in Upcoming Elections
By Carlos Malamud* The apparent front-runners in the Costa Rican presidential election, Juan Diego Castro (left) and Antonio Álvarez (right). / Wikimedia, edited / Luis Madrigal Mena (left) / MadriCR...
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Lima Group: Committed to Democratic Principles?
By Nicolás Comini* Government officials from different Latin American countries met in August 2017 to sign the “Lima Declaration,” establishing the Lima Group. / Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores,...
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Brazil: Lula’s Conviction and Electoral Reforms Stirring Up Presidential Race
By Paulo Castro* Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies. Presidential candidates’ TV and radio time in the upcoming 2018 election will be proportionally determined by the number of seats they hold in the...
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Brazil: Is Democracy Under Threat?
By Marcio Cunha Filho* A rally supporting former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October 2017. / Eduardo Figueiredo / Midia NINJA / Flickr / Creative Commons Brazil’s ongoing political turmoil...
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Nicaragua: Approaching an Inflection Point?
By Kenneth M. Coleman* On Saturday, April 21, 2018, Nicaraguan protesters burned an “Árbol de la Vida” (Tree of Life), one of several monumental statues that are considered representations of President...
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Fake News: Threat to Democracy
By John Dinges* A newspaper stand in Mexico City. As traditional news media faces growing competition from social media and emerging technologies, fake news poses a threat to legitimate news media and...
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