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  • Mulino wins presidency though faces splintered Assembly

    9 May, 2024

    With 98% of the country’s ballot points counted, opposition candidate José Raúl Mulino (Realizando Metas – RM) secures the Presidency of Panama, clinching victory with 34.29% of all valid votes, surpassing seven other contenders. ⇢

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

    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 ⇢

  • Mulino leads the presidential race despite pending controversy over his candidacy in the Judicial Branch

    2 May, 2024

    On May 5, Panamanians will elect the next president and the new National Assembly for the period 2024-2029. Among 8 candidates, José Raúl Mulino of Realizando Metas (RM) leads the electoral race. Whoever obtains the highest number of ⇢

  • A new edition of the Legislative Directory of Argentina is coming up

    In December 2023 the seats in the Argentine Congress will be renewed and, as is always the case when there are legislative elections, DL is working on a new edition of the Legislative Directory.  This publication, which was first published in ⇢

  • What was the beginning of the year like for the presidents of the region?

    5 April, 2024

    Welcome to a new edition of “Image of Power”, the Legislative Directory’s monitor of presidential approval in Latin America.  2023 ended with presidential replacements, such as Daniel Noboa in Ecuador and Javier Milei in ⇢

  • After a landslide victory, Bukele wins reelection

    6 February, 2024

    With 70.25% of the votes counted, President Nayib Bukele (Nuevas Ideas) comfortably won reelection in the first round of the presidential elections, obtaining 83.14%. Thus, Bukele, who is under license to compete in these elections, renewed his ⇢

  • Bukele leads electoral race and would be reelected president in Sunday’s election

    1 February, 2024

    This February 4, Salvadorans will head to the polls to elect the President for the 2024-2029 term. Although 6 candidates are running, opinion polls predict that the incumbent President, Nayib Bukele (Nuevas Ideas), will be reelected by a ⇢

  • Moment of truth: presidential approval ratings in Latin America

    In politics, as in poker, cards and strategy make winners and losers. However, there are no jokers there.  In this issue we analyze how citizen support evolves according to the “cards” that each president has: the percentage of ⇢

  • 2023: a negative balance for the civic space of the region

    22 January, 2024

    In the new edition of Civic Space Guardian we take stock of 2023, which ended with a negative balance for the civic space in the region that was affected by the growth of the punitive power of the State and the rise of restrictive policies ⇢

  • Durations of presidential transition in Latin America, country by country

    19 January, 2024

    On January 14, Bernardo Arévalo assumed the presidency of Guatemala a full five months after his electoral win in August last year. The near half-year handover period which saw him replace incumbent Alejandro Giammattei gave the opposition ample ⇢

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