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  • Chileans vote to approve or reject new Constitution

    3 September, 2022

    This Sunday, Chileans go to the polls to approve or reject the text of a new Constitution, proposed in the wake of the country’s nationwide protests during 2019 -20. Why a new Magna Carta? In October 2019, following a hike in public transport ⇢

  • Latam Presidential Ranking: A shift to the left in Latin America?

    3 August, 2022

    Directorio Legislativo presents its latest ranking of presidents by approval ratings, based on multi-sourced survey data from 18 countries in the region. Buenos Aires, August 2022-  Nayib Bukele (El Salvador) leads the ranking with a high ⇢

  • The IX Summit of the Americas: a civil society, female and young person’s perspective

    2 July, 2022

    The IX Summit of the Americas took place in Los Angeles from June 6–10, under the banner of “Building a sustainable, resilient and equitable future” — amid controversy over the decision not to invite certain nations. As Project Manager of ⇢

  • Civic Space – What’s happening in Latin America and the Caribbean?

    30 June, 2022

    Here is a summary of the latest issue of Civic Space Guardian (CSG), our regional civic rights monitor. In the past few weeks, the governance crisis in the Andean region has deepened. The Ecuadorian president re-declared the state of exception after ⇢

  • Gustavo Petro is the new president of Colombia

    20 June, 2022

    On June 19, the run-off of the presidential elections in Colombia took place. With 100% of the votes counted, the leftist coalition Pacto Histórico, led by Gustavo Petro, was the winner with around 11.2 million votes, obtaining ⇢

  • Petro or Hernandez? Colombia to pick its President this Sunday

    16 June, 2022

    Colombians voting for their next president on June 19 must pick from left-winger Gustavo Petro (Pacto Histórico) or the anti-establishment figure of Rodolfo Hernández (Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción). Polls put the candidates neck and neck, ⇢

  • Colombia to elect new president, with leftist leading in polls

    27 May, 2022

    This Sunday will see elections held in Colombia to choose the country’s next president, in office until 2026. With an average support in polls of 39.4%, the leftist candidate Gustavo Petro, of the Pacto Histórico coalition, leads ⇢

  • Latam Presidential Image: Disapproval of Presidents remains high in most Latin American countries

    23 May, 2022

    Directorio Legislativo presents our latest ranking of Presidents by level of approval – based on perception surveys from 18 Latin American countries. This issue also features insights from the Argentine political analyst and researcher, Mario ⇢

  • How is civic space doing in Latin America? Check our regional civic rights monitor

    12 May, 2022

     Here is a summary of the latest issue of Civic Space Guardian (CSG), our regional civic rights monitor.  In El Salvador, the state of exception was extended for 30 days as part of the government’s “war against ⇢

  • “Opening up the national debate is already a triumph”: a lowdown on the LUC referendum in Uruguay

    11 April, 2022

    Any comprehensive assessment of Uruguay’s March 27 referendum – where citizens got the final say over whether to repeal 135 articles of a new flagship law being pushed by the government – should look beyond the turnout and the ‘yes vs no’ ⇢

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