What to watch for in 2016

Twenty elections to watch out for around the world in 2016.

South America’s shift to the right

Venezuela's government turns out to be neither as popular nor as undemocratic as left and right (respectively) would have had you believe.

Big swings to the right in Poland and Argentina suggest change is on the way. But electoral systems matter as much as actual votes.

A three-way race for president in Argentina looks like confirming the country's leftward direction, but there may be troubled times ahead.

American sanctions against Cuba have had more than fifty years to work, but haven't. Sanctions against Russia, however, are doing unexpectedly well.

A summary of yesterday's four elections, in Brazil, Ukraine, Tunisia and Uruguay.

Tomorrow sees the first round of an interesting three-way contest for president of Brazil, which seems to have been transformed by a plane crash.

Colombia's president gets the renewed mandate that he sought to pursue peace for his troubled country.

Colombia's president is up for re-election, but his plans for peace with the country's FARC guerrillas are not universally popular.

Latin America's rightwards shift continues, as the centre-left can manage only third place in Panama's presidential election.