Americas This Week: August 24, 2024

August 24, 2024

A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in the Americas, usually posted on Saturdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.

An old Spanish fortress in La Victoria, Aragua, Venezuela, hometown of opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González. Photo credit: Wikimedia/xolkanf (CC BY 2.0)

Upcoming Americas Elections

Montserrat General Elections: October 24, 2024

CMC (August 23, 2024): Montserrat to hold general election in October

Past Americas Elections

Venezuela Presidential Election: July 28, 2024

Megan Janetsky, AP (August 24, 2024): EU: Maduro has not shown ‘necessary public evidence’ to declare victory in Venezuela elections

AFP (August 24, 2024): Venezuela opposition candidate ordered to appear in election investigation 

AFP (August 23, 2024): Venezuela Supreme Court validates Maduro’s re-election amid claims of vote fraud

Scott Brasesco and Juan Diego Solis de Ovando Bitar, Global Americans (August 23, 2024): Explainer: The Latin American Left Reacts to Venezuela’s Electoral Crisis

Oliver Stuenkel, Carnegie Endowment (August 20, 2024): Maduro’s Resilience Reflects the West’s Limited Influence in Venezuela

Mexico General Elections: June 2, 2024

Diego Oré, Reuters (August 23, 2024): Mexico’s ruling bloc confirmed supermajority in house, just short in Senate

Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post (August 23, 2024): U.S. calls Lopez Obrador reforms ‘major risk’ to democracy; Mexico protests

Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles (August 23, 2024): The U.S. and Mexico are sparring over López Obrador’s radical plan to overhaul the judiciary

The Economist (August 22, 2024): Investors panicked after Mexico’s election. Were they right?

Joseph Stepansky, Al Jazeera (August 22, 2024): Why are Mexico’s judges striking over AMLO’s proposed judicial reforms?

Megan Janetsky, AP (August 19, 2024): Mexico federal court employees strike over judicial changes requiring that judges stand for election

Carmen Morán Breña, El País (August 19, 2024): Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum prepares to take power

Paraguay General Elections: April 30, 2024

Gregory Ross, Wilson Center (August 23, 2024): Santiago Peña’s Paraguayan Balancing Act

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