The polarization between the left and right has led many Colombians to become politically “lukewarm.”
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In Mexico City, thousands of people have brought their concerns to the new Citizen Attention department of President López Obrador’s administration.
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An estimated 214,379 individuals will be voting for the first time in Uruguayan elections this year, representing 80% of new citizens who have reached voting age.
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According to “The Latin American Public Opinion Project,” Colombia is one of the Latin American countries with least faith in its political parties, with barely 10% of the population supporting them.
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Currently, Paraguay has a law called Servicio Militar Obligatorio (SMO), which mandates that all citizens must serve in the barracks or conscientiously object military service.
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The Argentinian government is using repressive and punitive measures as a means to gather electoral support.
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Both Mauricio Macri and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) have complicated political histories, and their candidacy in Argentina’s 2019 presidential election will polarize the country.
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Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra declared with all authority by law that “the public ministry is in a state of emergency.”
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–Researched and written by Josh Anthony— On October 28, 2018, Jair Bolsonaro, a man named “the most misogynistic, hateful elected official in the democratic world” by a 2014 article, won the Brazilian presidential election with 55% of the popular vote. Throughout his career, which began in the army during Brazil’s military dictatorship, Bolsonaro has unabashedly
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–Researched and written by Marisa Dinko— Peruvian politics have seen corruption in a variety of forms. One common thread for the illegal actions seen in the Fuerza Popular, however, is the Fujimori family. Alberto Fujimori and his daughter, Keiko Fujimori have both been prominent leaders for the political party, and have both also been accused
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