Rather than relying on wealthy individual donors, many countries across the Western Hemisphere fund their elections with public money — over half of all Latin American democracies, in fact. Rather…
The triumph of Mauricio Macri as next president of Argentina is a signal event in Latin American and Argentine politics. Will this be the end of the left? Article argues…
The election of Mauricio Macri as President of Argentina promises to have hemispheric and global implications, according to Andrés Oppenheimer of the Miami Herald.
Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday, November 22 may bring significant change to that country. The results will have important implications for the rest of the continent.
The Latin American left is considerably weaker these days. The most striking examples: Argentina and Venezuela. This article asserts that governments of the left are becoming less popular, but the…
According to this report, the reasons for so much crime in Latin America are: 1. The disorganized growth of cities; 2. police and justice systems did not adjust; 3. 32…
The runoff election for president in Argentina (November 22) is likely to move the country to the right. In any case it’s good bye to Kirchnerism. So says Foreign Affairs…
One of the worst human rights violators, Venezuela, was just reelected to the UN Human Rights Council. This is outrageous. The government is one of the violators of human rights…
No, not that kind. In Argentina’s election on Sunday the heavy favorite, Daniel Scioli, who was backed by the government Peronist apparatus was forced into a runoff election by the…
