Update: Get the Facts about Mexico's 2015 Midterm Elections
In this challenging June 7 vote, who will win sway in the lower house and what are the key gubernatorial races?
Guatemala Update: Corruption Scandals Hit Executive Office in an Election Year
With scandals engulfing his cabinet, what are the legal ramifications for President Otto Pérez Molina?
Security Challenges Threaten Elections In Guerrero, Mexico
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Nathaniel Parish Flannery
Security problems in Guerrero will provide a serious test for Mexico’s elections.
Scandals Upend Bachelet’s Reform Agenda
As President Michelle Bachelet faces low approval ratings, a constitutional reform paints a dim picture for real change in Chile, writes COA’s Eric Farnsworth for World Politics Review.
Venezuela Update: Opposition Gears Up for Legislative Vote during Primary
More than 100 candidates from the Democratic Unity coalition ran in the May 17 opposition primary.
Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America
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Miriam Kornblith
Book Review: Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America: Emergence, Survival, and Fall, by Scott Mainwaring and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán.
Haiti: Back to the Future?
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Robert Maguire
Five years after the earthquake, not much has changed. Under President Martelly, some fear that things have even gone backwards.