Elections

When the "gradualist" wing won the brawl at the small table of Cambiemos, the political project was proposed as an eight-year program. The most optimistic were encouraged to even speak of "at least" eight years. In those days, at the…
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She is the star of the Democratic Party. The cool and pretty girl who dances on rooftops spoofing 1980s movies. She's a young millennial-friendly brunette who posts on Instagram. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is Washington's new great political…
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George Washington set an important and sacred precedent for American political life when he served two, and only two, terms as president of the United States, from 1792-1800. So sacred was the precedent, that it would not be until 140 years…
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Florida is arguably the most pivotal state in American electoral politics this decade. In the bitterly contested 2016 presidential election, things looked hopeless for Trump, until suddenly he had pulled even with Clinton in Florida, and…
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The second most important man in Venezuela, the Chavista powerbroker Diosdado Cabello, recently revealed an inconvenient development for Gustavo Petro in Colombia, but one which has been denounced on several occasions by his opponents: his…
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Kirchnerism has used every trick in the book to have an "artistic outreach" that defends the virtues of the "national and popular" model. Telenovelas on Argentine state channels, mega entertainment events on national holidays with…
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The Democrats did regain the House of Representatives, albeit by modest margins. Roughly a dozen seats are still outstanding, but preliminary results suggest the Democrats will hold roughly a 230 to 205 majority in the House. It is a clear…
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With election night about half over, Democrats dreams of winning the Senate are gone. The House is looking about 50/50 at this point. The massive "Blue Wave" that many predicted did not materialize.
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The Brazilian people, faced with the option of backing the unviable model of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Workers Party, or investing their trust in a former right-wing military man, opted for the second option.
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Bolsonaro's victory is all but certain: the only question now is whether it will be the 20-plus point blowout that was widely expected, or the much narrower 10 point margin of victory that is being predicted by Datafolha.
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Three events have marked a pushback against the rise of socialism in the United States in recent days. The first is the admonition made by Donald Trump that his country could end up turning into "another Venezuela"; another, a report issued…
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The Cherokee Nation quickly condemned Warren for touting her Native American heritage, and US Representative Markwayne Mullin had the greatest analysis of all: "There was a 2014 scientific study and it said that the average European…
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