by Maggie Pierce | Jun 3, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
Following the first round of presidential elections, in which no candidate received a majority of the votes, Colombia’s top two candidates will compete in a runoff election on June 19, 2022. Colombia is caught up in their presidential election since the...
by David Millman | May 27, 2022 | Dartmouth College
On March 8th, 2021, the New Hampshire state legislature tried to make me ineligible to run for office in my college town. That day, there was a hearing on HB362, a bill that would remove student housing as proof of domicile (i.e. where someone lives) in New Hampshire,...
by Elise Jonas-Delson | May 25, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
Less than a mere two generations after Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship, populist myopia has upended the Philippines election cycle—a stark warning to the rest of the world of the dangers of digital disinformation campaigns. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the late...
by Maggie Pierce | May 24, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
President Lopez Obrador uses the process intended to remove an unpopular President from office to instead reinforce his supposed popularity. On April 10, 2022 Mexico held a Presidential recall election – the first of its kind – which President Lopez...
by Jasmine Thomas-Petit | May 13, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
Whenever you read the news it seems like there is always a protest going on in Haiti. The most recent protest that took place in March addressed the rising insecurity of the country. Current President and Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, has gotten very comfortable in...
