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Latin americaSheinbaum: The Most Popular President in Latin America
15 July, 2025
In the second quarter of 2025, Claudia Sheinbaum (Mexico) remains the most popular president in Latin America, with an approval rating of 67 percent. This marks a six-point increase compared to the previous edition of Imagen del Poder, the presidential approval ranking published by Directorio Legislativo. Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa ranks second with 51 percent approval, … Sheinbaum: The Most Popular President in Latin America Read More ⇢
CITIZENSHIP AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
We strengthen democracy by ensuring that institutions and the design of public policies are transparent, accountable, effective, accessible and inclusive.
Who are our lawmakers and how do they represent us?
A tool from Directorio Legislativo with information on who makes up Latin America’s legislatures and how they work.
DL-led initiative that compiles, cross-checks and makes available information on PEPs, beneficial ownership, public procurement and extractive sector licenses to tackle corruption at the global scale.
A consortium of international organizations that provides technical support and assistance to legislatures pursuing Open Parliament principles and policies.
CIVIC SPACE GUARDIAN
Civic Space in Latin America
Civic Space Guardian (CSG) is a tool designed by DL to monitor regulations and bills that impact freedom of expression, assembly, association, access to public information, the right to privacy and citizen participation in public affairs. The monitoring is carried out in 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
We develop stakeholder, scenario and conflict mapping, and undertake comparative analysis of regulatory trends and legislation.
We also offer presentations, training and technical assistance in regulatory, political and legislative processes to various sectors: private, public, academia, chambers of commerce, civil society organizations, among others.
Based on real-time monitoring of governments and legislative branches, international organizations and other relevant actors in Latin America and the Caribbean, we produce regular updated analyses of public policy throughout the region.
About the Directory of Legislators
The Directory of Legislators – from which our organization takes its name – is an initiative started in Argentina in 2000 with the goal of improving public understanding of Congress, its members and the lawmaking process. In recent years we have expanded it to other countries in the region including Mexico and Colombia.
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