September 14, 2024
A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in the Americas, usually posted on Saturdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.
The ruins of the Inca temple of the sun at Ingapirca, Ecuador. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Delphine Ménard (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Upcoming Americas Elections
Canada, Provincial Elections in British Columbia: October 19, 2024, followed by provincial elections in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan later this fall (next federal elections due by October 20, 2025 but could be called earlier)
Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times (September 14, 2024): Justin Trudeau’s Party Has a Popularity Problem: Justin Trudeau
Jim Morris, AP (September 11, 2024): Canada’s Conservative leader says his party plans no-confidence motion against Trudeau’s government
David Ljunggren, Reuters (September 10, 2024): Despite political risks, Trudeau could remain Canada’s prime minister into 2025
Ecuador Presidential and Legislative Elections: February 9, 2025
AFP (September 13, 2024): Ecuador Sets Presidential Election For February
Jamaica General Elections: Due by November 2025
Fitch (September 9, 2024): Slowing Jamaican Economy Likely To Increase Political Risks Prior To 2025 Elections
Peru Presidential and Legislative Elections: April 12, 2026
CBS News (September 11, 2024): Alberto Fujimori, former Peruvian president convicted for human rights abuses, dies at age 86
Past Americas Elections
Venezuela Presidential Election: July 28, 2024
Juan Carlos Pinzón and Gerardo Canela, The Hill (September 14, 2024): Venezuela’s election fraud threatens the stability of the Western hemisphere
Alex Rana, New York Times (September 10, 2024): Venezuelan Election Observers Forced Into Exile in Colombia
CNN (September 9, 2024): Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez lands in Spain seeking asylum after disputed election
Mexico General Elections: June 2, 2024
Megan Janetsky, AP (September 11, 2024): Mexico’s Senate approves a contentious judicial overhaul after protesters storm the chamber
Eduardo Porter, Washington Post (September 10, 2024): Can Mexico’s democracy survive López Obrador’s judicial reforms?
Raúl Peñaranda U., Americas Quarterly (September 10, 2024): Bolivia Is a Warning for Mexico’s Judicial Reform: Electing judges has undermined Bolivia’s justice system’s legitimacy and independence—and weakened the country’s rule of law
Cassandra Garrison, Reuters (September 10, 2024): Honeymoon for Mexico’s Sheinbaum tainted by mentor’s reform
Elections On Deck
Americas This Week: September 14, 2024
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September 14, 2024
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
Canada, Provincial Elections in British Columbia: October 19, 2024, followed by provincial elections in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan later this fall (next federal elections due by October 20, 2025 but could be called earlier)
Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times (September 14, 2024): Justin Trudeau’s Party Has a Popularity Problem: Justin Trudeau
Jim Morris, AP (September 11, 2024): Canada’s Conservative leader says his party plans no-confidence motion against Trudeau’s government
David Ljunggren, Reuters (September 10, 2024): Despite political risks, Trudeau could remain Canada’s prime minister into 2025
Ecuador Presidential and Legislative Elections: February 9, 2025
AFP (September 13, 2024): Ecuador Sets Presidential Election For February
Jamaica General Elections: Due by November 2025
Fitch (September 9, 2024): Slowing Jamaican Economy Likely To Increase Political Risks Prior To 2025 Elections
Peru Presidential and Legislative Elections: April 12, 2026
CBS News (September 11, 2024): Alberto Fujimori, former Peruvian president convicted for human rights abuses, dies at age 86
Past Americas Elections
Venezuela Presidential Election: July 28, 2024
Juan Carlos Pinzón and Gerardo Canela, The Hill (September 14, 2024): Venezuela’s election fraud threatens the stability of the Western hemisphere
Alex Rana, New York Times (September 10, 2024): Venezuelan Election Observers Forced Into Exile in Colombia
CNN (September 9, 2024): Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez lands in Spain seeking asylum after disputed election
Mexico General Elections: June 2, 2024
Megan Janetsky, AP (September 11, 2024): Mexico’s Senate approves a contentious judicial overhaul after protesters storm the chamber
Eduardo Porter, Washington Post (September 10, 2024): Can Mexico’s democracy survive López Obrador’s judicial reforms?
Raúl Peñaranda U., Americas Quarterly (September 10, 2024): Bolivia Is a Warning for Mexico’s Judicial Reform: Electing judges has undermined Bolivia’s justice system’s legitimacy and independence—and weakened the country’s rule of law
Cassandra Garrison, Reuters (September 10, 2024): Honeymoon for Mexico’s Sheinbaum tainted by mentor’s reform
Elections On Deck
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