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Category: Latin America

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 8 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 3 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 3 Comments 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

Brazil two months out

With two months until Brazil's presidential election, the controversial incumbent could by laying the foundations for a Trump-style attempt at subversion.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, United States 2 Comments 2 August 2022

Four big results

Four results with conflicting lessons, in Australia, France, Spain and Colombia.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, France, Latin America, Spain 1 Comment 20 June 2022

Colombia swings left – sort of

The left leads in the first round of Colombia's presidential election, but will need to overcome a vaguely Trump-like centrist in the runoff.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America 1 Comment 30 May 202230 May 2022

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