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Macron gets second chance to show France his vision can work

25-04-2022 08:53 French presidents wins another crack at convincing the public that his pro-business, pro-European vision can work for them.

Colombian presidential hopeful Petro signs oath against expropriation

19-04-2022 08:36 Gustavo Petro, who leads in opinion polls ahead of Colombian elections next month, signs oath not to expropriate property if he becomes next president.

Will 2022 be a year of consolidation for Latin America’s left?

14-01-2022 02:04 Three of the four Latin American presidential elections held last year were won by progressive candidates – and similar scenes could be repeated in Brazil and Colombia in the next 12 months.

by Clarisa Demattei*

Lula leads election poll as Brazilians fret about jobs, virus

12-01-2022 22:06 Brazilians’ worries about unemployment and Covid-19 continue to chip away at Jair Bolsonaro’s popularity, a new poll has found, leaving former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on track to win this year’s election.

Chile stock market plummets in response to Boric's election win

20-12-2021 11:40 Chilean stock market and peso takes a beating after leftist leader Gabriel Boric is elected the country's youngest-ever president-elect.

Gabriel Boric: a millennial president for a new Chile

19-12-2021 20:49 Former student activist Gabriel Boric becomes Chile's youngest-ever president - but who is he?

Leftist must overcome history to win Chile presidential run-off

25-11-2021 16:26 As Chile gears up for the presidential run-off between candidates from opposite ends of the political spectrum, one thing is for certain: history isn’t on the side of leftist contender Gabriel Boric.

Chile’s conservative candidate Kast builds out economic team

25-11-2021 15:44 Chilean presidential candidate expands team of economic advisers, including one from a centre-right rival he beat in Sunday’s election, as he seeks to broaden his business credentials.

Chile careens toward polarised Kast-Boric presidential run-off

22-11-2021 07:37 Far-right candidiate José Antonio Kast and leftist hopeful Gabriel Boric, with antagonistic programmes and wildly different hopes for Chile's future, will go head-to-head in a run-off election on December 19 to decide the nation's next president.

Left’s great election provides support for the battles to come

20-11-2021 12:13 We know that we’re living in hard times for the working-class majorities who expressed their social discontent at the ballot box.

by Nicolás del Caño, via Noticias Argentinas

Chile election puts free-market model at mercy of angry voters

19-11-2021 11:30 A politically polarised Chile holds presidential elections on Sunday, with voters set to either overthrow an economic model installed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet or double down on its free-market ethos.

Venezuela ex-intel chief claims Hugo Chávez sent Kirchners US$21 million

22-10-2021 21:16 Venezuela's former intelligence chief, General Hugo Armando Carvajal, allegedly tells Spanish courts that Caracas sent some US$21 million to Argentina to help fund Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s 2007 presidential campaign.

Pedro Castillo must appease markets to rescue Peru’s economy

23-07-2021 16:15 New leader insists he wants to form a government picked from a broad spectrum. He'll need support as he tries to address a deep economic crisis in a country battered by the coronavirus epidemic.

Peru president-elect wants government of all political persuasions

21-07-2021 16:17 Peru's left-wing President-elect Pedro Castillo revealed on Tuesday he would be looking to form a pluralistic government in his first remarks to reporters since his election was confirmed.

Martín Lousteau: ‘Juntos por el Cambio cannot just react to government initiatives’

02-07-2021 23:18 Senator Martín Lousteau on the Juntos por el Cambio, Radicalism, Facundo Manes and why primaries can be enriching.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Presidential hopeful Fujimori repeats Peru vote fraud claims

17-06-2021 22:09 Peru's right-wing presidential hopeful ignores appeals to lower tensions and repeats fraud allegations, as a review of disputed ballots holds up the final result of June 6 run-off.

Tensions rise in Peru, with presidential vote result still days away

11-06-2021 02:54 Keiko Fujimori’s legal woes flare up again as she challenges results of Peru run-off. Leftist Pedro Castillo considers himself the winner, but final results may still be days away.

Fernández first leader to congratulate Castillo on victory in Peru run-off

10-06-2021 17:49 Argentina’s president is the first head of state to congratulate Pedro Castillo and hail him as Peru’s next leader – even though rival Keiko Fujimori has said she will challenge the outcome.

Inequality fuels rural teacher’s unlikely bid to upend Peru

03-06-2021 10:22 Pedro Castillo’s rise is a consequence of the political upheaval sweeping Latin America, as it’s battered by Covid-19 and an economic crisis that has exposed and exacerbated long-standing inequalities.

Brazil's Lula seeks latest upset: win back the centre

26-05-2021 16:16 As Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva eyes run against President Jair Bolsonaro next year, the 75-year-old leftist leader is seeking to overcome another challenge: winning back Brazil's political centre.