More than 1.8 million Latinos cast a vote in Democratic primaries on March 3.
Democracy & Elections
Beyond the candidates’ names, one issue will be on the ballot on March 2: oil.
“The Trump administration has...relied on sanctions to get where it wants to go on Venezuela, but sanctions won’t do it,” says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to The Christian Science Monitor.
"The [Maduro] administration is consolidating control, and prospects for a peaceful transition appear increasingly bleak," writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in The Banker.
Expect Luis Lacalle Pou to work quickly on these issues when he takes office on March 1.
"This is more about failure of leadership than the military's desire to take power," said the AS/COA vice president.
The key to getting Latino voters to turn out at the ballot box? Focus on voter registration drives more than Election Day get-out-the-vote efforts.