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Mexico: Can Lopez Obrador Lose?
Ricardo Anaya should return, during what remains of the campaign, to the issues that highlight the freedom, responsibility, and ability of the citizenry to make their own economic decisions, guaranteeing respect for their own choices in…
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Colombian Presidential Front-runner Ivan Duque Would Have an Absolute Majority Congress
Winning the presidency of Colombia is not enough. To be able to govern without problems it is necessary to have a majority in the House and Senate, since these institutions are charged with the approval of the annual budget, making the…
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Colombia: Gustavo Petro’s Son Wants to Pay Personal Debt with Campaign Funds
Due to the broken promise, Posso, who claimed to feel "cheated and swindled," went to court to recover his money. The court found in his favor, as earlier this year the Fourth Civil Circuit Court issued a civil judgment, ordering Petro to…
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Maduro Regime Again Attacks Legislators and Journalists
On this Tuesday, legislators convened to discuss the embargo of PDVSA on the part of the oil company ConocoPhillis and the "political event to be held on May 20." Up until a legislative recess, the debate did not have media coverage,…
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Sergio Fajardo and his Failed Strategy of Neutrality
But what has caused his precipitous decline? Have his countless campaign stops, numerous debate performances, and impressive quantity of electoral alliances forged been in vain? For several analysts, there are two factors that caused…
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Falc贸n and Maduro Forge an Agreement in Venezuela’s Sham Elections
Henri Falc贸n, the ex-Chavista and current leader of the Progressive Advanced party, is alleged to have negotiated the results of upcoming sham presidential elections with dictator Nicol谩s Maduro. The shocking allegations have been widely…
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Why so many young Colombians support Gustavo Petro
Populist Petro is currently leading in Bogota, among the youngest voters, and in some coastal regions of the country, despite the fact that the candidate has hardly shied away from heralding his preference for a very centralized economic…
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It is the Poorest People Who Should be Voting for Iv谩n Duque
It is common to hear that Iv谩n Duque, the protege of former president 脕lvaro Uribe V茅lez, is the candidate of the rich, and that Gustavo Petro, meanwhile, is the savior of the poor. Basically, this idea is nothing more than the old belief…
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Vargas Lleras and the Challenge of Rebooting a Stalled Campaign
Unlike the other analysts, Camilo Bello, a political consultant, does not rule out seeing him in the second round because "He is the best candidate in terms of alliances," and he noted the backing he has from influential figures in the…
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Bernie Sanders’ Longtime, Hypocritical Infatuation with Nicaraguan Communism
Sanders' infatuation with socialism is nothing new. As mayor of tiny Burlington, VT, for most of the 1980s, he oversaw the efforts of the progressive city to its own foreign policy, a rarity at local city halls. He honeymooned in Moscow…
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The L贸pez Obrador Effect: a plummeting peso
The Mexican economy had remained relatively immune to the possibility of Andr茅s Manuel L贸pez Obrador triumphing in the next presidential election. But the recent volatility in the peso exchange rate makes many think markets are finally…
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What if Colombia Had an Electoral College, Like the United States?
Thus, each one of Colombia's 32 states (or departments as they are called in Colombia), plus the teeming capital of Bogota, will start out with two senators: a total of 66 electoral votes are distributed equally among all the nation's…
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