July 15, 2023
A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in the Americas, usually posted on Saturdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.
El Salvador’s World Trade Center in San Salvador. Photo credit: Wikimedia/JMRAFFi (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Upcoming Americas Elections
Ecuador Snap Presidential Election: August 20, 2023
Yury Garcia and Alexandra Valencia, Reuters (July 13, 2023): Surging Guayaquil violence highlights security ahead of Ecuador presidential vote
Guatemala Presidential Runoff: August 20, 2023
John Lavenburg, Crux (July 14, 2023): Faith-based groups sound alarm about fairness of Guatemala elections
Eyder Peralta, NPR (July 13, 2023): A top Guatemalan party is barred, throwing the presidential election into the unknown
Argentina Presidential and Legislative Elections: October 22, 2023 (Presidential primaries on August 13, 2023)
Americas Quarterly (July 13, 2023 – podcast): Argentina’s Election: It’s (Finally) On
Nicolás Misculin, Reuters (July 12, 202): Argentina’s 2023 presidential primaries tough to call, pollsters say
Buenos Aires Times (July 8, 2023): Sergio Massa’s Argentina election bid puts IMF staff in a bind
Reuters (July 8, 2023): Argentina Inflation Seen Moderating, But Likely To Remain In Triple-digit At 142%
Venezuela Opposition Presidential Primary: October 22, 2023 (presidential election due in 2024)
Alonso Moleiro, El País (July 14, 2023): Venezuela says it will not accept European observation during 2024 presidential elections: The stance comes after the European Parliament condemned the ban on María Corina Machado, a frontrunner in the polls, from public office
Regina Garcia Cano, AP (July 13, 2023): Venezuela government’s ban on longtime foe draws attention to the opposition’s presidential primary: Maria Corina Machado has been a longtime foe of Venezuela’s government, and not exactly a unifying figure for its critics
Reuters (July 13, 2023): Venezuela presidential opposition hopefuls call for unity, private investment
Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Relations (July 10, 2023): U.S. Policy Toward Venezuela Takes a Body Blow: Biden administration policy toward Venezuela was based on negotiating regime political concessions in exchange for lifting sanctions. But repression is growing and the policy is failing
CNN (July 8, 2023 – video): ‘The world is starting to understand we will defeat Maduro,’ says Venezuelan opposition politician
Colombia Regional Elections: October 29, 2023
Santiago Triana Sánchez, El País (July 14, 2023): El Salvador’s mega-prisons as an electoral promise in Colombia: Diego Molano and Jaime Arizabaleta, pre-candidates for the mayoralties of Bogotá and Cali, have proposed building prisons inspired by Nayib Bukele’s crusade against crime
El Salvador General Elections: February 4, 2024
AFP (July 10, 2023): Party of El Salvador leader backs his quest for re-election: El Salvador’s ruling party on Sunday gave the green light to President Nayib Bukele in his quest to seek re-election next year, as critics question the legality of a second consecutive term
Mexico General Elections: July 2024
AP (July 14, 2023): Mexican president continues attacking opposition candidate, despite electoral agency’s order to stop
Mark Stevenson, AP (July 10, 2023): Mexico’s president breaks with tradition in quarrel with scrappy opposition upstart
Christine Murray and Michael Stott, Financial Times (July 10, 2023): Politics trumps trade in US and Mexico ahead of 2024 elections
Canada Federal Elections: Due by October 2025 – snap elections possible (various provincial and local elections due between now and then)
Ian Bailey, Globe and Mail (July 9, 2023): Over half of Canadians want Trudeau, Poilievre replaced as party leaders before next election, poll suggests
Regional Analysis
Vera Bergengruen, Time (July 11, 2023): ‘The Long Game.’ China’s Online Influence Campaign in Latin America
Americas Elections Coming Up in 2023
Argentina Presidential Primaries: August 13, 2023
Trinidad and Tobago Local Elections: August 14, 2023
Ecuador Snap Presidential Election: August 20, 2023
Guatemala General Election Runoffs: August 20, 2023
Argentina, Provincial Elections in Mendoza and Entre Ríos: September 24, 2023
Canada, Prince Edward Island Provincial Elections: October 2, 2023
Canada, Manitoba Provincial Elections and Northwest Territories Territorial Elections: October 3, 2023
Argentina Presidential and Legislative Elections: October 22, 2023
Venezuela Opposition Presidential Primary: October 22, 2023
Colombia Regional Elections: October 29, 2023
Argentina Presidential Runoff: November 19, 2023
Dominica Indirect Presidential Election (by parliament): October 2023 (due)
Chile Constitutional Referendum: November/December 2023 (expected)
Trinidad and Tobago Local Elections: December 20, 2023
Haiti Presidential and Legislative Elections: Long overdue, but could happen in 2023 (delayed from November 7, 2021, no new date set)
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July 15, 2023
A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in the Americas, usually posted on Saturdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.
Upcoming Americas Elections
Ecuador Snap Presidential Election: August 20, 2023
Yury Garcia and Alexandra Valencia, Reuters (July 13, 2023): Surging Guayaquil violence highlights security ahead of Ecuador presidential vote
Guatemala Presidential Runoff: August 20, 2023
John Lavenburg, Crux (July 14, 2023): Faith-based groups sound alarm about fairness of Guatemala elections
Eyder Peralta, NPR (July 13, 2023): A top Guatemalan party is barred, throwing the presidential election into the unknown
Argentina Presidential and Legislative Elections: October 22, 2023 (Presidential primaries on August 13, 2023)
Americas Quarterly (July 13, 2023 – podcast): Argentina’s Election: It’s (Finally) On
Nicolás Misculin, Reuters (July 12, 202): Argentina’s 2023 presidential primaries tough to call, pollsters say
Buenos Aires Times (July 8, 2023): Sergio Massa’s Argentina election bid puts IMF staff in a bind
Reuters (July 8, 2023): Argentina Inflation Seen Moderating, But Likely To Remain In Triple-digit At 142%
Venezuela Opposition Presidential Primary: October 22, 2023 (presidential election due in 2024)
Alonso Moleiro, El País (July 14, 2023): Venezuela says it will not accept European observation during 2024 presidential elections: The stance comes after the European Parliament condemned the ban on María Corina Machado, a frontrunner in the polls, from public office
Regina Garcia Cano, AP (July 13, 2023): Venezuela government’s ban on longtime foe draws attention to the opposition’s presidential primary: Maria Corina Machado has been a longtime foe of Venezuela’s government, and not exactly a unifying figure for its critics
Reuters (July 13, 2023): Venezuela presidential opposition hopefuls call for unity, private investment
Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Relations (July 10, 2023): U.S. Policy Toward Venezuela Takes a Body Blow: Biden administration policy toward Venezuela was based on negotiating regime political concessions in exchange for lifting sanctions. But repression is growing and the policy is failing
CNN (July 8, 2023 – video): ‘The world is starting to understand we will defeat Maduro,’ says Venezuelan opposition politician
Colombia Regional Elections: October 29, 2023
Santiago Triana Sánchez, El País (July 14, 2023): El Salvador’s mega-prisons as an electoral promise in Colombia: Diego Molano and Jaime Arizabaleta, pre-candidates for the mayoralties of Bogotá and Cali, have proposed building prisons inspired by Nayib Bukele’s crusade against crime
El Salvador General Elections: February 4, 2024
AFP (July 10, 2023): Party of El Salvador leader backs his quest for re-election: El Salvador’s ruling party on Sunday gave the green light to President Nayib Bukele in his quest to seek re-election next year, as critics question the legality of a second consecutive term
Mexico General Elections: July 2024
AP (July 14, 2023): Mexican president continues attacking opposition candidate, despite electoral agency’s order to stop
Mark Stevenson, AP (July 10, 2023): Mexico’s president breaks with tradition in quarrel with scrappy opposition upstart
Christine Murray and Michael Stott, Financial Times (July 10, 2023): Politics trumps trade in US and Mexico ahead of 2024 elections
Canada Federal Elections: Due by October 2025 – snap elections possible (various provincial and local elections due between now and then)
Ian Bailey, Globe and Mail (July 9, 2023): Over half of Canadians want Trudeau, Poilievre replaced as party leaders before next election, poll suggests
Regional Analysis
Vera Bergengruen, Time (July 11, 2023): ‘The Long Game.’ China’s Online Influence Campaign in Latin America
Americas Elections Coming Up in 2023
Argentina Presidential Primaries: August 13, 2023
Trinidad and Tobago Local Elections: August 14, 2023
Ecuador Snap Presidential Election: August 20, 2023
Guatemala General Election Runoffs: August 20, 2023
Argentina, Provincial Elections in Mendoza and Entre Ríos: September 24, 2023
Canada, Prince Edward Island Provincial Elections: October 2, 2023
Canada, Manitoba Provincial Elections and Northwest Territories Territorial Elections: October 3, 2023
Argentina Presidential and Legislative Elections: October 22, 2023
Venezuela Opposition Presidential Primary: October 22, 2023
Colombia Regional Elections: October 29, 2023
Argentina Presidential Runoff: November 19, 2023
Dominica Indirect Presidential Election (by parliament): October 2023 (due)
Chile Constitutional Referendum: November/December 2023 (expected)
Trinidad and Tobago Local Elections: December 20, 2023
Haiti Presidential and Legislative Elections: Long overdue, but could happen in 2023 (delayed from November 7, 2021, no new date set)
21votes does not necessarily agree with all of the opinions expressed in the linked articles; rather, our goal is to curate a wide range of voices. Furthermore, none of the individuals or organizations referenced have reviewed 21votes’ content. That is to say, their inclusion should not be taken to imply that they endorse us in any way. More on our approach here.
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