Guatemalans overwhelmingly picked an independent progressive to be the country’s next president but his opponent remained silent Monday morning, leaving open the possibility of a challenge to landslide results that… Read more »
In the latest edition of Latinobarómetro, respondents were asked to rate their approval of 17 named leaders on a scale of one to ten. In 15 of the 17 countries… Read more »
Guatemala’s highest court issued a temporary injunction Thursday blocking the controversial suspension of presidential runoff candidate Bernardo Arévalo’s progressive Movimiento Semilla (Seed Movement), reports suggest. Late Wednesday, a judge had… Read more »
The political leaders of Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and other left-led countries in Latin America are defending Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo, ousted Dec. 7 after he announced on national… Read more »
An assassination attempt in Argentina and spurts of election-linked violence in Brazil have emerged as the latest signs of growing political discontent in Latin America, creating a treacherous environment for… Read more »
Central American countries are falling like dominoes into authoritarianism, warns José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch: Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega has intensified his crackdown on political… Read more »
Latin America’s democracies look almost uniformly less healthy than they did a decade ago, the Economist reports. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken recently announced sanctions against seven public officials in… Read more »
As the United States rolls back some of its global commitments, it should prepare for a homecoming of sorts, a political reengagement with its hemispheric neighborhood that is deeper and… Read more »
Nayib Bukele won El Salvador’s presidency on an anti-corruption platform, excoriating the malfeasance of the two wartime parties that had governed the country since the 1980s, note Noah Bullock and… Read more »
The decision by the government of President Jimmy Morales to expel investigators with the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala is a major blow to efforts to bring corrupt officials… Read more »