An occasional feature. This week it's Paraguay, Iceland, Malaysia, Pakistan, Venezuela and Italy.
Category: Latin America
Venezuela update
There's been post-election violence in polarised Venezuela, but no likelihood that the victory of Nicolás Maduro will be undone.
A close-run thing in Venezuela
A close result in Venezuela sees Nicolás Maduro declared the winner. Now he has to show whether he can be more than just an understudy for Hugo Chávez.
Election preview: Venezuela
Hugo Chávez will be a hard act to follow, but Venezuelans go the polls this Sunday to elect his replacement.
The week’s electoral roundup
Election news from Zimbabwe, Western Australia, Bulgaria, Kenya and Venezuela.
Self-determination in the South Atlantic
The Falkland Islanders want to stay British; Britain still seems happy to have them. So does anyone else get to have a say in this?
An electoral roundup
Results from Ecuador, Armenia and Grenada, plus an early election looming in Bulgaria.
No surprises in Ecuador
Rafael Correa has been comfortably re-elected as president of Ecuador. That's one less worry for Julian Assange.
Election preview: Ecuador
Ecuador also goes to the polls today, with a comfortable victory expected for leftist president Rafael Correa. Correa's two terms in office have been seen as a success, but there are concerns about creeping authoritarianism.
What if they had an inauguration and no-one came?
Hugo Chávez will be missing from Thursday's inauguration in Venezuela. It just goes to show that even the most comprehensive of constitutions can't provide for everything.
The World is Not Enough 