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  • Latin America wound up 2021 with low presidential approval ratings

    3 February, 2022

    Directorio Legislativo presents the latest ranking of Presidents by approval ratings based on public opinion and governance perceptions across 18 countries in Latin America. As 2021 draws to an end, the region overall can be described as one with ⇢

  • Venezuela: The political map left by the elections

    17 January, 2022

    Venezuelan men and women went to the polls to simultaneously elect 3,082 executive and legislative positions in the 23 governorships and 335 municipalities that make up the national territory. The ruling party won 19 of the 23 states and 212 of the ⇢

  • An Eventful Year as Co-Chair

    20 December, 2021

    We share with you the words of our director María Baron on ending her term as co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Last year, when I heard I had been nominated to serve as lead civil society co-chair of ⇢

  • Boric wins and is set to assume as Chile´s next President in March 2022

    On December 19, runoff elections were held between the winners of the first round: Gabriel Boric (Apruebo Dignidad) and José Antonio Kast (Frente Social Cristiano). Boric, the leftist candidate, won by over 55% of the votes and will assume the ⇢

  • With more than half of the votes counted, Xiomara Castro is on her way to becoming the new president

    29 November, 2021

    On Sunday, November 28, general elections were held in Honduras, where citizens chose the next president and 128 deputies of the National Congress for the period 2022-2026. As expected, the election was polarized between two candidates: Xiomara ⇢

  • Presidential approval ratings fell in all countries holding elections

    19 November, 2021

    Directorio Legislativo presents the latest ranking of Presidents by approval ratings based on surveys of public opinion and perceptions of government management across 18 countries in Latin America. The results of the most recent survey by ⇢

  • Chile elects president and renews Congress in the most uncertain context of the last two decades

    18 November, 2021

    On November 21, Chileans go to the polls to elect their next President, to take office in March 2022. Also up for grabs are seats in Congress for the period 2022 – 2026. The electoral system establishes that for a president to be elected in ⇢

  • Upcoming Congress not to have parliamentary majorities, making inter-party consensus crucial

    15 November, 2021

    On November 14, Argentines voted to renew their Congress for the next two years (2021-2023). In both chambers of the Legislative branch, Frente de Todos (ruling party) remains the largest parliamentary group but now lacks the seats to push forward ⇢

  • Argentina to vote for new-look Congress

    12 November, 2021

    On November 14, Argentines will elect 127 deputies and 24 senators in 8 provinces throughout the country (Catamarca, Chubut, Córdoba, Corrientes, La Pampa, Mendoza, Santa Fe and Tucumán).  The candidates to compete in the elections were ⇢

  • Amid outrage from the opposition and international community, Ortega wins fresh term as President

    8 November, 2021

    Nicaragua elected its president and renewed the entire National Assembly for the period 2022-2027. During the next 5 years, the country will continue to be ruled by a Sandinista government with Daniel Ortega at the helm, who with some 75% of ⇢

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