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Venezuelan and US elections: a comparison
There are several similarities between the recent elections in Venezuela and the United States. In both cases a charismatic incumbent faced an at times difficult campaign against a pro-business...
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Latin American Policy: Obama has work to do
Barack Obama’s re-election to the White House was in no small part due to the support of the US’ minorities. Latinos may be the largest racial minority in the country, but the President has been...
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2012: a new cycle of peace?
Rather than heralding the world’s end, as per a dubious interpretation of Mayan prophecy, 2012 may go down as the year when a new cycle of peace-brokering began in the Hispanic world. The most high...
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South America’s Beautiful Game?
Association football came to South America via Europeans, probably through the port of Buenos Aires. Since then, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have all hosted the FIFA World Cup, and have...
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Brazilians justified in support of State surveillance
Residents of Rio de Janeiro have overtaken London as the most watched in the world, with a security camera per 860 inhabitants. But, whereas in the UK there was disquiet from civil liberties...
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Miss Universe: Venezuela’s unsocialist fascination
The logo of the Miss Universe Organization Across the world, Venezuela is known for its twenty-first century socialism and its obsession with beauty. On consecutive days, these two pillars of...
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Chile’s electoral social conscience
Michelle Bachelet is back in the Palace of La Moneda. Photo courtesy of Agencia Brasil, via Wikimedia Commons To nobody’s surprise, Michelle Bachelet is back as President of Chile. Leaving aside the...
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Brazil: A Violent Democracy
Luziânia (GO) – Agents of the National Security Forces starting a 6-month operation in the Federal District (2007) That violence is pervasive in Brazil is a familiar and widely accepted narrative,...
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The many, many grey areas of the Mexican penitentiary system
Prison Bars by Michael Coghlan (2011) / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 This week, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan E. Méndez, made an official visit to Mexico in order to assess the challenges...
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Argentina: Prospects for the 2015 elections
With a little under a year left until Argentina’s general election, it is worth taking some time to reflect on the country’s political panorama. The incumbent government faces two fundamental...
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