Alberto Fernández defeated President Mauricio Macri in the first round. Juan Cruz Díaz, Cefeidas Group managing director and AS/COA special advisor, lays out the country’s political panorama.
Democracy & Elections
LatAm in Focus: Argentina's 2019 Election Brings in a New President
Amid Regional Unrest, Colombia Holds Peaceful Local Elections
Left-leaning politicians will occupy the mayor’s seat in the country’s three biggest cities, while uribismo lost races across the board.
Three Big Challenges Facing Colombia’s Outsider Mayors
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Will Freeman
Alternative candidates pulled off surprise victories in Colombia’s local elections, but governing won’t be easy.
The Competing Visions Behind Bolivia's Conflict
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Linda Farthing
Whoever emerges as Bolivia’s president is likely to face social unrest not seen for years.
Why Latin America Was Primed to Explode
"Indignities such as inequality and corruption have become more difficult for many people to swallow," write AS/COA's Brian Winter and NTN24's Moisés Naím in Foreign Affairs.
Three Takeaways from Uruguay's First-Round Presidential Vote
The governing Broad Front coalition’s Daniel Martínez will face the National Party’s Luis Lacalle Pou in what could be a tight November 24 runoff.
Lo que nos dicen las protestas del 2013 en Brasil sobre las del 2019 en Chile
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Thomas Traumann
“Nada nunca volverá a la normalidad,” escribe un exoficial brasilero.