Lula da Silva (PT) was re-elected president of Brazil in the runoff held on Sunday, October 25. He won 51.79% of the valid votes (64.2 million), compared with 48.21% for Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) (59.8 million), a margin of 4.4 million votes. Lula thus became the first candidate to overturn a first-round defeat in a runoff […]
On Sunday, October 25, Brazil will hold a runoff to decide who will take office as president on January 5, 2027. The race pits President Lula da Silva (PT), who is seeking a fourth term, against Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is barred from running and is serving a sentence
Elections in Brazil: Flávio Bolsonaro heads into the runoff with a narrow lead over Lula Read More »
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 Silva, of the governing Workers’ Party (PT). The gap of more than 2.2 million votes (1.87 percentage points)
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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 Democracy and the 81st UN General Assembly. From September 14 to 18, Baron was in Brussels for a dialogue on the
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 fourth term, and Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is barred from
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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 the third edition of the Directorio Legislativo de Colombia: Who Our Members of Congress Are and
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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 transforming the country’s course by restoring democratic security, respecting judicial independence, and promoting economic freedom. A
Colombia 2026–2030: The “Patria Milagro” and Abelardo de la Espriella’s New Power Map Read More »
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 work in the digital era. Directorio Legislativo presented the 14th edition of the Argentine Legislative Directory 2026–2027: Who Our Legislators Are and How They Represent Us,
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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 the ruling Pacto Histórico coalition. The margin of less than one percentage point reflects a highly
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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 figure of the radical right and head of the Defenders of the Homeland party, and Iván Cepeda,
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