Latin america
Mexico
VenezuelaNicolás Maduro aims for third term in office despite lagging in polls
25 July, 2024
On July 28, the presidential elections in Venezuela will take place for the 2025-2031 term. Ten candidates are running, but the primary contest is between the current president, Nicolás Maduro of the Gran Polo Patriótico coalition, seeking his third consecutive term, and Edmundo González Urrutia, the main opposition candidate from the Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD in Spanish). The continuity of Chavismo … Nicolás Maduro aims for third term in ⇢
Argentina
Rep. DominicanaCITIZENSHIP 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
CSG tracks regulations that pose a threat to civic space in Latin America. Data shows restrictions on civil society are on the rise, even in historically tolerant countries.
Civic rights and freedoms at risk from regulations
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.
This is the story of how the publication came about.