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  • Significant setback in the right to public information in Argentina: What the Executive’s Decree Changed.

    6 September, 2024

    The Executive Branch modified by decree the regulations of Law 27.275 on Access to Public Information, the main pillar of the regulatory framework for transparency at the national level. This new decree not only represents a setback in the right to ⇢

  • Conflicts of interest in Colombia: officials and congressmen fail to comply with their legal obligations

    20 August, 2024

    In partnership with La Silla Vacía (www.lasillavacia.com), DL analyzed the declarations of Colombian congressmen and senior officials, and cross-checked them with the state contracting system and the single business registry through the platform ⇢

  • The Anti-NGO Law approved in Venezuela: Its History and Scope

    On August 15, the Venezuelan National Assembly approved the bill on the control, regularization, performance and financing of NGOs and related entities. The text will be sent to the Executive for its promulgation in the Official Gazette. The reform ⇢

  • Non-profit organizations under threat in Paraguay

    2 August, 2024

    At the end of 2023, Civic Space Guardian* and the Latin American Network for Legislative Transparency warned about setbacks in the Paraguayan civic space. Several restrictive bills, such as the reform of the “law of ⇢

  • General elections in Venezuela: CNE declares Maduro President amid transparency concerns

    30 July, 2024

    Amidst complaints of irregularities by the opposition and doubts from the international community, with 80% of the votes counted, the National Electoral Council (CNE in Spanish) proclaimed Nicolás Maduro as the elected president of Venezuela ⇢

  • Nicolás 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, ⇢

  • Milei remains among the top presidents with the best image in Latin America

    24 July, 2024

    With a 48% approval rating, Argentina’s Javier Milei is the third president with the best image in Latin America, according to the new edition of Image of Power. Just two months before his term ⇢

  • Reliving the presentation of our DL Argentina through the eyes of Ben, our intern from the USA

    5 July, 2024

    By Benjamin Patron It was surreal; within my third day of interning at Directorio Legislativo, I was to attend the presentation of the “Directorio Legislativo de Argentina” for the 2024-2025 period at the National Congress building. I could ⇢

  • Morena sweeps the election, and Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico’s first female president

    4 June, 2024

    With 84.35% of the votes counted, Claudia Sheinbaum, the candidate of the ruling coalition Seguimos Haciendo Historia (SHH, in Spanish), has been elected the next president of Mexico for the 2024-2030 term, currently ⇢

  • Sheinbaum leads Mexico’s electoral race to become its first female president

    29 May, 2024

    On June 2, Mexico will hold its largest elections in history, with nearly 20,000 positions up for grabs. These elections will not only determine the next President but also renew the entire Congress, 9 governorships, and 30 local congresses. ⇢

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