Understanding politics across borders and divides
Published: September 28, 2026 Brazil votes on October 4 in a general election that will choose a president, governors, members of Congress and state legislatures. If no presidential candidate receives more than half of the valid votes, the top two advance to a second round on October 25. More than 158 million people are eligible … Read more
Published: July 22, 2026 Overview Chile begins 2026 with its most right-wing government since the return of democracy in 1990. Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party won a December runoff and was sworn in on March 11, ending years of left-of-center rule and replacing the outgoing progressive president Gabriel Boric. Kast calls it … Read more
This page is a regional companion to the global Abortion: The Global Picture hub, focusing on how the issue plays out across Latin America. Overview Latin America has produced the most striking abortion story of the past decade, moving from some of the strictest laws in the world toward liberalization in several of its largest … Read more
Published: July 18, 2026 Overview Brazil is eleven weeks from a presidential election that will decide whether Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wins a fourth term, and a second one in a row, or whether a badly divided right can unite behind a single challenger before October 4. President Lula, of the Workers’ Party (PT), … Read more