Are we exaggerating populism’s threat to democracy?
A new book argues that democracy is actually pretty resilient.
Honduras voted for change. Can Xiomara Castro, the president-elect, deliver?
She’ll be facing deeply embedded corruption, extreme poverty and unfriendly institutions, among other challenges
Peru’s upcoming presidential election is really a referendum on its troubled constitution
What’s at stake in the runoff between leftist front-runner Pedro Castillo and right-wing, dynastic candidate Keiko Fujimori?
People have long predicted the collapse of the Washington Consensus. It keeps reappearing under new guises.
30 years later, global financial institutions still condition loans on policies like 'structural reforms’
So is the wave of populist nationalism finished? Hardly.
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Here’s what Peru can teach Turkey about presidential power grabs
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Could Trump set off a constitutional crisis? Here’s what we can learn from Latin America.
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In Ecuador’s extremely tight election, the left defied the odds
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Ecuador votes on Sunday. These are 5 things you need to know.
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Trump’s war on the news media is serious. Just look at Latin America.
President Donald Trump continues to wage his self-proclaimed “running war
Here’s what citizens who vote for authoritarians have in common
What leads citizens to vote for authoritarian candidates? In recent
Populist leaders undermine democracy in these 4 ways. Would a President Trump?
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To understand Donald Trump’s law-and-order appeal, look south of the border
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Portugal faces a political crisis, but it’s the same one facing governments everywhere
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The rise of outsider politicians in Latin America and Europe
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Butch Cassidy and the Snowden Kid: Evo Morales’s Plane and the Latin American Left
We welcome back Texas A&M political scientist Diego von Vacano with the following
Party Nationalization after the 2013 Ecuadorian Legislative and Presidential Election
Continuing our series of election reports in conjunction with Electoral Studies, the following
Hugo Chávez and the Death of Populism
The following guest post is by Diego von Vacano, a