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Velez vote will strengthen Colombia’s Petro for now

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COLOMBIA

Velez and her anti-extractive views are broadly unpopular, but the government is unwilling to yield on its conviction that Colombia must wean itself off hydrocarbons. It will…

Venezuela's CNE may slow efforts to oust Maduro

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VENEZUELA

VENEZUELA: CNE may slow efforts to oust Maduro

Brazil impeachment battle will do short-term damage

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BRAZIL

This comes near the end of a tremendously challenging first year of Rousseff's second term, marked by collapsing popularity, mass protests and deep recession. However…

Peruvian Congress will keep up pressure on Castillo

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PERU

A high-level Organization of American States (OAS) delegation, sent to Peru to mediate the conflict in relations between the executive and legislature, appears to have achieved…

Mexico’s recall law is not without risk

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MEXICO

Recall votes.

New UN mission is unlikely to stem rising Haiti unrest

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HAITI

New UN mission.

Crisis renews Olympic Games concerns in Brazil

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BRAZIL

The outlook for the Rio Olympic Games.

Honduras’s Castro’s prospects will depend on Congress

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HONDURAS

The results of the latter two are yet to be revealed, but with more than 50% of the presidential vote counted, Xiomara Castro of Liberty and Refoundation (LIBRE) holds a…

Bolivia election suspension will be tolerated for now

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BOLIVIA

Leaders of former President Evo Morales’s Movimiento al Socialismo (Movement towards Socialism, MAS), which leads opinion polls, fear that the interim government will use the…

Mesa offers best hope for Bolivia’s opposition

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BOLIVIA

Opposition prospects.