• Brasil

7 October, 2026

Flávio Bolsonaro leads the first-round results of Brazil’s presidential election after coming out ahead in the general election held last Sunday. The Liberal Party (PL) candidate won 47.03% of valid votes, against 45.16% for President Lula da ⇢

• Global

2 October, 2026

Directorio Legislativo’s Global Executive Director, María Baron, spent part of September in Brussels and New York, bringing a Latin American perspective to international conversations on the future of democracy around the International Day of ⇢

• Brasil

1 October, 2026

On October 4, Brazil will hold general elections to choose its president and vice president, governors, senators and federal deputies. Although 13 candidates are running, the race is polarized between President Lula da Silva (PT), who is seeking a ⇢

• Colombia

1 October, 2026

Following the complete renewal of Congress in July, the DL team is gathering, office by office, information on the 286 members of Congress who make up the Senate and the House of Representatives. Fundación Directorio Legislativo (DL) is preparing ⇢

• Colombia

13 August, 2026

On August 7, Colombia marked a new political chapter with the inauguration of Abelardo de la Espriella as president for the 2026–2030 term. From Cali, the new president proclaimed the beginning of the “Patria Milagro”, a project aimed at ⇢

• Argentina

17 July, 2026

Legislators and experts discussed the need to strengthen a culture of institutional openness, highlighted persistent transparency challenges in Argentina’s provincial legislatures, and reflected on the challenges of communicating parliamentary ⇢

• Colombia

23 June, 2026

Abelardo De la Espriella will be Colombia’s next president after winning the runoff election held on June 21. The Defensores de la Patria candidate secured 49.66% of the vote, compared to 48.70% obtained by Iván Cepeda, the candidate representing ⇢

• Colombia

17 June, 2026

On June 21, Colombia will elect its president and vice president for the 2026–2030 term in a second-round runoff election. The race pits two candidates representing deeply different visions for the country: Abelardo de la Espriella, a leading ⇢

• Peru

8 June, 2026

Following Sunday’s presidential runoff election for the 2026–2031 term, Peru finds itself in an exceptionally close race between candidates Keiko Fujimori (Popular Force) and Roberto Sánchez (Together for Peru). With 93% of ballots counted ⇢