The Executive Global Director of Directorio Legislativo, María Baron, spoke at the 2025 African Conference of Parliamentary Monitoring and Engagement Organizations (PEMO), held from September 16–19 in Pretoria, South Africa, at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. This was the fifth edition of the conference and the first to take place […]
The Executive Director of Directorio Legislativo, Noel Alonso Murray, took part in the panel “Transparency in Extractive Industries: The Challenge of Informing, Engaging, and Building Trust”, organized by EITI Argentina at the Argentina Oil & Gas (AOG) Exhibition 2025, held this week at La Rural in Buenos Aires. In her role as civil society representative
This Sunday, legislative elections were held in the province of Buenos Aires, where 46 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 23 in the Senate were renewed, along with city councilors and school board members. The day ended with a victory for Fuerza Patria, the electoral coalition aligned with Governor Axel Kicillof, which secured 47.28%
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This year’s legislative elections in the Province of Buenos Aires come with a particularity: for the first time since the return to democracy in 1983, they will be held on a different date from the national elections. This split was established by a decree from Governor Axel Kicillof, who set the provincial elections for September
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This Sunday, August 17, Bolivia held its general elections to choose both a president and members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The results confirmed a historic milestone: for the first time, the country will face a presidential runoff. Additionally, the victory of Senator Rodrigo Paz (Christian Democratic Party, PDC) came as a
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This Sunday, August 17, Bolivia will hold elections to choose its president and renew all seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The elected authorities will take office on November 8, with mandates running until 2030. The government of Luis Arce is reaching the end of its term, but he is not seeking
In a Congress marked by confrontation between the ruling party and the opposition, President Javier Milei managed to put his signature on half of the laws passed during the first half of the year. However, his bloc still struggles to establish itself as a legislative force in its own right. According to the Legislative Influence
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With the aim of continuing to promote best practices in transparency and access to public information in Latin America, we are launching the third edition of the Legislative Directory of the Congress of the Union of Mexico 2024–2027: Who Are Our Legislators and How Do They Represent Us? This new edition is the first to
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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,
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The recent Supreme Court ruling that upheld the conviction of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the Vialidad case has once again brought the functioning of the three branches of government in the face of corruption cases to the forefront. In this context, from Directorio Legislativo we analyzed how the Argentine National Congress has acted in
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