News of left in latin america

Nicaragua a political headache for Latin American left

24-02-2023 09:40 Spread as they are across the leftist spectrum. Latin American governments have failed to come up with a cohesive response to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's move to strip more than 300 critics and political opponents of citizenship.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Eduardo Porter: Why Wall Street should like Latin America’s left

08-02-2023 09:22 The Latin American left does a better job than the right delivering on one of Wall Street’s favourite metrics: stock market returns.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Lula's leftist triumph: Is this Latin America's second 'pink tide'?

31-10-2022 08:28 From Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, Latin America's constantly see-sawing political map once again resembles that of the early 2000s. But analysts say this time is different: the trend is driven by pragmatism rather than ideology.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

World’s hottest economy goes cold as Chileans run out of money

30-08-2022 10:55 Chile, a country that’s long prided itself on having the most stable economy in all of Latin America, is facing a sudden turn toward stagflation.

New era in Colombia

Petro meets his arch-enemy Uribe as Colombia outreach continues

29-06-2022 22:44 Colombia's newly elected leftist leader meets with the nation’s most powerful leader in recent history, Álvaro Uribe.

NEW ERA IN COLOMBIA

Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets

23-06-2022 00:16 Gustavo Petro, who beat construction magnate Rodolfo Hernández in last Sunday’s run-off by 50% of the votes against 47%, will take office on August 7.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

22-06-2022 13:12 After the election of leftist leaders in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and now Colombia – and with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemingly on track to return to office – a new political wave is sweeping Latin America.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

21-06-2022 15:37 Foreign Ministry in Brasilia says it looked forward to "the continuity and deepening of bilateral relations" with Colombia under Gustavo Petro.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Latin American leftist leaders hail Petro's victory in Colombia

20-06-2022 14:58 Gustavo Petro's election as the first left-wing president in Colombia's history sparks joy among similarly aligned Latin American leaders.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Jaime Duran Barba: ‘It’s perfectly possible for Milei to reach the run-off next year’

20-05-2022 10:00 Jaime Duran Barba, one of the region's most important political analysts and consultants, discusses Javier Milei's chances of being president, Latin American politics and Argentina's coalitions.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

NEW ERA IN CHILE

Chile's new president Gabriel Boric takes office with big plans for change

11-03-2022 09:48 Former student leader Gabriel Boric will be sworn in Friday as Chile's youngest-ever president, with plans to turn the country into a greener, more egalitarian "welfare state."

GUEST VOICE

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*

LATIN AMERICA: THE YEAR AHEAD

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.

LATIN AMERICA

Gabriel Boric has the chance to rewire Chile – and Latin America’s left

10-01-2022 10:24 Once the region’s no-frills, free-market poster child, Chile needs more government spending, not less, to sustain its growth trajectory.

FOREIGN POLICY

Boric: Chile will prioritise Pacific Alliance under my government

27-12-2021 22:53 Chile’s President-elect Gabriel Boric has said that his new government will focus its foreign policy on improving ties with members of the Pacific Alliance bloc.

PROFILE: GABRIEL BORIC

New president at 35 thrusts Chile back into exceptionalism role

21-12-2021 15:44 While Gabriel Boric is sometimes described as part of a leftward shift in Latin America, he seems to be of a new, more globalist, breed.

LEFTIST ELECTED PRESIDENT

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.

CHILE RUN-OFF 2021

Leftist Boric wins Chile presidency pledging economic overhaul

19-12-2021 20:28 Gabriel Boric elected president of Chile vowing higher taxes, greener industries and greater equality.

LATIN AMERICA

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.

Peruvian run-off

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

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.

News of left in latin america

Nicaragua a political headache for Latin American left

Eduardo Porter: Why Wall Street should like Latin America’s left

Lula's leftist triumph: Is this Latin America's second 'pink tide'?

World’s hottest economy goes cold as Chileans run out of money

Petro meets his arch-enemy Uribe as Colombia outreach continues

Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

Latin American leftist leaders hail Petro's victory in Colombia

Jaime Duran Barba: ‘It’s perfectly possible for Milei to reach the run-off next year’

Chile's new president Gabriel Boric takes office with big plans for change

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

Lula leads election poll as Brazilians fret about jobs, virus

Gabriel Boric has the chance to rewire Chile – and Latin America’s left

Boric: Chile will prioritise Pacific Alliance under my government

New president at 35 thrusts Chile back into exceptionalism role

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

Leftist Boric wins Chile presidency pledging economic overhaul

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

Inequality fuels rural teacher’s unlikely bid to upend Peru

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

Massa announces new 'dolár agro' exchange rate

Poverty in Argentina rises, hurting economy before election

Argentina's economic growth surpasses expectations despite outlook

‘Single PRO candidate in City PASO’ – Rodríguez Larreta accepts Macri’s condition

INDEC: Poverty reached 39.2% of population in second half of 2022

Fiestas, viajes y pesca: quién es el empresario detenido por la muerte de la mujer que cayó del 6° piso

¿Efecto dominó? Otro famoso fue denunciado por abuso de menores, el tercero en diez días

Polémica en Mendoza por una resolución que declara a los mapuches como "no originarios"

Jey Mammon entrevistado por Rial: toma "clonazepam todo el tiempo" y su mensaje a Lucas Benvenuto

Cuándo cobro ANSES: calendario completo de abril de 2023