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Chile rejected a new Constitution at the polls

In a plebiscite held this Sunday in Chile, the refusal to approve a new draft Constitution marks an unusual milestone at a global level by representing the second consecutive rejection in a period of fifteen months of two constitutional…

Javier Milei won the primaries in Argentina

The big surprise of the last electoral night in Argentina was the triumph of the economist Javier Milei and his ultra-conservative coalition La Libertad Avanza, after achieving 30% of the votes, mostly coming from discontent. Milei was a…

Santiago Peña is elected president of Paraguay

Santiago Peña, candidate of the Colorado Party, was elected this Sunday as the new president of Paraguay, by achieving 43 % of the ballots, according to the Transmission of Preliminary Electoral Results (TREP) system. "They placed their…

Peru would advance its presidential elections

The president of the National Election Jury (JNE) of Peru, Jorge Luis Salas Arenas, announced that the body is prepared for an eventual advancement of the general elections to December 2023, after Congress was willing to discuss the issue.…

IDB to elect new president soon

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will choose a new president next Sunday, November 20st, among the five applicants who finally formalized their candidacy. After opening the process to run for the race on September 28, the…

Lula wins the elections in Brazil

The left-wing candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (50.88%) won by a narrow margin over his rival and current Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro (49.12%) with 99.63% counted and thus strengthens the options of comeback after a start of the…