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Fujimori or Sánchez – How Peru Loses Either Way

by Joe Benton | May 7, 2026 | James Madison University

In the April 2026 presidential elections in Peru there was a total of 35 candidates. As we approach the runoff vote on the top two candidates, Peruvians are going to be choosing between Keiko Fujimori and her opponent Roberto Sánchez. Both politicians are...

Backsliding or Normalization? What is Driving the Changes to Chilean Voting Laws

by Kaya Groff | Dec 5, 2025 | University of Georgia

In September of 2025, just months before the presidential election, two contentious reforms were passed to change voting laws in Chile to curb the voting capacity and the obligation to vote for non-citizen residents in Chile. Not only will non-citizens be exempt from...

Bolivia’s Decline in Democracy: The Failure to Uphold Constitutional Integrity by Danielle Schmitz

by Dani Schmitz | Aug 7, 2024 | University of Denver

A modern political democracy is a system where rules are held accountable by citizens through their elected representatives, either through competition or cooperation. Democracies can be categorized as either liberal or illiberal. An illiberal democracy holds...

Bolivia’s Decline in Democracy: The Failure to Uphold Constitutional Integrity

by Anna Thorner | Aug 7, 2024 | University of Denver

A modern political democracy is a system where rules are held accountable by citizens through their elected representatives, either through competition or cooperation. Democracies can be categorized as either liberal or illiberal. An illiberal democracy holds...

Brazil: Democracy Endangered on the Amazon?

by Kevin Cregan | Apr 29, 2022 | University of Georgia

The Amazon Rainforest: a lush jungle that more closely resembles a single, living, breathing organism rather than a collection of individual greenery. Perhaps the center-right leaders of the West have missed the forest for the trees; or rather, Brazil for its populist...
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