Afghanistan isn't the only place where an anti-American autocracy has picked up where it left off. Nicaragua has already been there.
Category: Latin America
Brazil and the machines
Brazil's embattled president launches a pre-emptive campaign against his country's electoral apparatus, hoping to succeed where Trump failed.
June electoral roundup
This month's regular update brings electoral news from Mexico, Armenia, Algeria and Samoa.
Yet another Peruvian cliffhanger
Peru's presidential elections always seem to be close, and Sunday's was no exception.
Peru and Mexico
Peru's voters face a difficult choice in the second round of their presidential election, while Mexico holds mid-term legislative elections.
Another Trumpist in trouble
Not all incumbents have benefited from Covid-19: Brazil shows that a sufficiently bad performance will eventually turn the tide of public opinion.
Chile shifts left
Chile's process of drafting a new constitution takes a step forward, with various shades of left winning a majority in the constitutional convention.
Disaster in Peru
A fragmented presidential election in Peru sends two extremist candidates into the runoff, far left against far right.
Two presidential previews
South American neighbors Ecuador and Peru vote on Sunday in contrasting presidential elections.
El Salvador’s president wins big
El Salvador's autocratic president will no longer have to contend with a hostile legislature, after his party won a landslide victory on Sunday.
