Very different elections in El Salvador and North Korea, yet each in its way signals the triumph of democracy.
Category: Latin America
A Central American cliffhanger
A former guerrilla leader has a wafer-thin lead as El Salvador's presidential election turns out to be a quite unexpected cliffhanger.
Two runoffs in Central America
Results from El Salvador and Costa Rica show two presidential runoffs on the way, although one is pretty much a foregone conclusion.
Election preview: Costa Rica and El Salvador
Incumbent parties are favored to win on Sunday in both Costa Rica and El Salvador, but both will be interesting contests.
Another president-for-life looms for Nicaragua
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua doesn't want to give up the job that he first held in the 1980s.
US steps slowly back from Cuba sanctions
Talks between the United States and Cuba, a rare event in themselves, have proceeded well. There seems to be a dawning realisation that sanctions have outlived their relevance.
The electoral top ten for 2013
A review of the year's most interesting elections and whether they show us any general trends.
No surprises in Chile
The roster of big elections for the year comes to an end with a landslide victory in Chile for the centre-left.
Uruguay bows out of the drug war
South America is now in the front line for drug law liberalisation, with Uruguay taking a potentially far-reaching step.
Honduras votes against change – sort of
Honduras seems to be set for another disputed election, after the incumbent conservatives lead with less than 35% of the vote in a four-way split.
The World is Not Enough 