Elections

Argentina is Latin America's third-largest economy, bursting with natural resources, but has been unable to claw its way out of decades of economic instability that has brought its population to its knees.

Lower levels of confidence in the government, economic outlook and problems to afford shelter may influence voters on Sunday

Ecuadorians vote for a new president Sunday in the midst of a bloody drug war and a rash of political assassinations that cut short the bid of a popular candidate

Argentina's election campaign was marked by heated exchanges Wednesday as the incumbent president pressed charges against frontrunner candidate Javier Milei for dissing the national currency, which subsequently crashed.

The US dollar broke through the symbolic 1,000 peso mark on Argentina's parallel market on Tuesday, as citizens scramble to dump the currency two weeks before a presidential election, according to websites tracking the rate.

A majority of 13 opposition candidates rejected the CNE's request to move the primary vote from Oct. 22 to Nov. 19.

Ahead of the general election, which will take place on Oct. 22, presidential candidates Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich, Juan Schiaretti and Myriam Bregman took part in a debate.

Latino voters in Colorado have identified key issues related to economic concerns for elected officials to prioritize at both local and national levels.

Just 53% of registered nonwhite voters support Biden, according to a compilation of national polls by New York Times/Siena College, a 17-point decline since 2020, when the president got more than 70% support from this group.

After a campaign marked by concerns of meddling, Arévalo won the August 20 vote, but a branch of the electoral tribunal suspended his Semilla Movement.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has said Bernardo Arévalo and his deputy Karin Herrera "are being subjected to stigmatization, harassment, hounding, public disclosure of personal details on social media, and threats including two specific plans to hurt them and even kill them."

Suárez was the only Latino candidate running against Donald Trump for the GOP nomination.

The specter of violence looms over Daniel Noboa after the assassination of a top presidential contender just two weeks before the first-round vote on August 21, in which he came second.

Brazil's federal police served dozens of search warrants to Bolsonaro supporters for blocking a highway during a protest in response to his election loss.

The Prime Minister of Dominica is expected to be re-elected after the country's snap elections on Tuesday, which was boycotted by the opposition due to concerns of electoral fraud.

While Cortez Masto holds on to her Senate seat in Nevada and effectively ensures Democrat control, Republicans are on track to hold (barely) the House.

Hispanic voters are hoping for a turnaround in the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.

As 2022 midterm election predictions leave some states in a “toss-up”, the GOP’s chances of regaining Senate control broadens. Here’s where candidates stand on the most important issues to registered Latino voters.

Even though Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva beat current president Jair Bolsonaro in the recent Brazilian election, Bolsonarism demonstrated its regional power.

Former president, Luiz Lulu da Silva, is reportedly a favorite to become the President of Brazil once more.

An eight-faction patchwork coalition agreement seeks rotational prime minister rule between Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennet.

The twice-impeached former president insists that Biden's election is a lie and hints that a recount might catapult him back into the game.

Mario Vargas Llosa has spoken out about the Peruvian presidential elections and asked citizens to vote for Keiko Fujimori, whom he refers to as "lesser of two evils."

Clashes have sparked political assassinations and the forced displacement of thousands ahead of crunch Jun. 6 polls.

“We were helping some guy that was getting stabbed by two black males and one female,” said Tarrio, as per a media outlet. “Bevelyn got stabbed as well as two Proud Boys and the guy they were attacking. I got slashed, but it's not serious. We were walking to our cars,” he added.

"VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!" implored Viola Davis as she shared a clip on Instagram from the vice presidential debate, which took place on Oct. 7.

“If you look at the end of the book it's really a call. It's a warning call to anybody who is reading the book. Put the Visine in your eyes, clean your eyes out and see that Donald Trump cares for no one or anything other than himself. So he doesn't care if your family member dies as long as it's not him. He doesn't care about anything other than himself and this election,” said Cohen on the show.

“We are in the hands of a government that attaches no value to life and trivializes death,” added Lula.

“I have been criticized for remarks I made Sunday night about the benefits of convalescent plasma. The criticism is entirely justified. What I should have said better is that the data show a relative risk reduction, not an absolute risk reduction,” Hahn tweeted,

The unprecedented delay is likely to be perceived as a predicament, as the September elections were pegged as the key step toward stabilizing Bolivia’s wobbly democracy.