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  • Legislative Services Offices: An exchange to enhance technical advice and strengthen legislative debate

    20 March, 2025

    To strengthen the technical capacities of legislative bodies and promote the exchange of best practices, Directorio Legislativo (DL), with the sponsorship of the U.S. Embassy in Argentina and the support of the Senate, held the event “Legislative ⇢

  • General elections in Uruguay: Frente Amplio leads but may not be able to avoid a runoff election

    25 October, 2024

    On October 27, Uruguay will go to the polls to elect its next president for the 2025-2030 term. In addition, the entire Congress will be renewed: 99 seats in the House of Representatives and 30 in the Senate. With Luis Lacalle Pou out of the race, ⇢

  • Democracy and Artificial Intelligence: A Necessary Dialogue

    15 September, 2024

    Within the framework of the International Day of Democracy, celebrated every September 15, at Directorio Legislativo we reaffirm our commitment to strengthening democratic systems in Latin America. To this end, and following the United ⇢

  • Parliamentary monitoring in tough times: Lessons learned for building networks and achieving results

    9 May, 2024

    A healthy democracy depends on a healthy parliament, capable of articulating citizens’ concerns, enacting laws for the common good and holding the executive branch to account for their implementation. For this to happen, effective citizen ⇢

  • New tool to enhance the work of Parliaments

    23 November, 2023

    In collaboration with allied organizations and under the leadership of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Directorio Legislativo presented today the ‘Indicators for Democratic Parliaments’. This initiative aims at assessing the performance and ⇢

  • Presidential approval data in Latin America, according to a new edition of the “Image of Power” report

    25 July, 2023

    In this new edition of our report ¨Image of Power¨ we continue analyzing the situation of the region’s presidents. What challenges do they face and what are the electoral scenarios?  Andrés Lopez Obrador (Mexico) once again leads the ⇢

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