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Presidential problems in the Americas, revisited

The case for parliamentary government has been strengthened, not weakened, by the recent troubles in Brazil and the United States.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Latin America, Party matters, United States, War and peace Leave a comment 12 January 2023

Loose ends for Christmas

Tying up some electoral loose ends as we head into the holiday season.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Central and South Asia, Elections, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Oceania 3 Comments 23 December 2022

Peruvian democracy fights back

An attempted coup by Peru's president is frustrated by an impressive display of institutional resilience.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Latin America 3 Comments 9 December 2022

Lula wins it

Brazil swings back to the left, but with a narrow margin that leaves the new president very little room for error.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America 5 Comments 31 October 202231 October 2022

Showdown in Brazil

A runoff in Brazil pits a badly flawed democrat against the incumbent authoritarian.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America, Political issues 4 Comments 28 October 2022

Weekend results, part 1

Brazil's presidential election is rather closer than expected, and a poor result for the opinion polls. Meanwhile, the electoral system disenfranchises a lot of voters in Latvia.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Latin America 3 Comments 3 October 20224 October 2022

Three previews

Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil and Bulgaria all go to the polls on Sunday.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Latin America 2 Comments 30 September 202229 October 2022

September electoral roundup

Our monthly roundup of election news covers Kenya, Canada, Brazil and Austria.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, Latin America, North America (ex-US), Party matters 3 Comments 22 September 2022

Results on three continents

A president narrowly returned in Angola, a high-profile loss in Alaska and the draft constitution goes down in Chile.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, Party matters, Referenda, United States 1 Comment 5 September 2022

Chile and Colombia

Chile votes on a new constitution, while Colombia sets out a path to drug legalisation.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Latin America, Media, Political issues, Referenda 1 Comment 2 September 20222 September 2022

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