News & Analysis

See how the competition between Gabriel Boric and José Antonio Kast is shaping up ahead of the December 19 second round.

"The biggest challenge for keeping ties productive will be sustaining the attention necessary to tackle deep-rooted problems," writes AS/COA's Carin Zissis in World Politics Review.

The democratic socialist and former first lady will end to 12 years of National Party rule in the country.

The November 28 election may be as much a referendum on democracy as a decision about the next president.

The two polar-opposite candidates will try to woo voters from the center ahead of the December 19 second-round vote.

We look at top candidates’ stances on immigration, inflation, pensions, and more.

The three heads of state meet on November 18. AS/COA’s Carin Zissis covers what’s on the docket at the first North American Leaders Summit in five years.

“You can’t force people to vote when they themselves are convinced that the system is completely rigged,” says the AS/COA Venezuela Working Group head of the November 21 vote.

"Neither the United States nor Nicaragua’s neighbors took meaningful steps to slow or reverse the democratic slide," said the AS/COA vice president to Forbes.com.

See how the competition between presidential hopefuls is taking shape ahead of the November 21 elections.

Ahead of the November 28 vote, AS/COA Online monitors the competition between Nasry Asfura, Xiomara Castro, and Yani Rosenthal.

With signs the opposition coalition is poised to make gains, the special advisor to AS/COA analyzes what the November 14 legislative elections mean for the country's future political course. 

By denying the Ortega regime of the legitimacy it seeks, Washington and the international community can discourage other budding dictators, writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth for Univision.

“It’s like a slow-motion train wreck,” says the AS/COA vice president of the November 7 vote, widely considered a sham.

AS/COA Online previews the November 2021 presidential elections in Chile, Honduras, and Nicaragua, along with legislative midterms in Argentina.

"By broadening its policy focus, Washington has a significant opportunity to shift incentives to address corruption more effectively," writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in Univision.

As AS/COA marks 10 years of its Women’s Hemispheric Network, we look at the pandemic’s economic effect on women and why Latin America may be poised to make progress.

La Red Hemisférica de Mujeres de AS/COA cumple 10 años, por lo que miramos el efecto económico de la pandemia en las mujeres y por qué puede que América Latina esté lista para más progreso. 

With most of the opposition jailed, Daniel Ortega is poised to tighten his grip on power in the November 7 vote.