NEW AQ: Latin America’s Big, Diverse Election Year
Six countries in the region have elections this year. Can electing women leaders help address declining faith in democracy?
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on Latin America’s election super-cycle 2024 will be the biggest election year in history, with some 4 billion people, or about half the planet’s population, set to cast a ballot. In Latin America, the so-called super-cycle will see at least five presidential elections—enough to highlight several interesting and, in some cases, encouraging trends. As our cover suggests, Mexico seems certain to elect its first female president in 2024. In recent years the country has become a world leader in gender equality in politics,...
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