September 28, 2024

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

The Mário de Andrade Library in Sao Paulo, Brazil – the biggest public library in the city, founded in 1925. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Wilfredor (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Upcoming Americas Elections

Brazil Local Elections: October 6, 2024

Tom Phillips, The Guardian (September 27, 2024): São Paulo election ‘a horror show’ as candidates trade blows and insults

Bruno Meyerfeld, Le Monde (September 23, 2024): Southern Brazil’s Bolsonaro supporters are torn between nostalgia and moving forward

Bolivia Presidential and Legislative Elections: August 17, 2025

BBC (September 23, 2024): Street battles in Bolivia as Evo Morales leads march to capital

Thomas Graham, The Guardian (September 22, 2024): Bolivia: protest march by ex-president’s supporters reflects split at heart of left

Canada General Elections: Due by October 20, 2025 but could be called earlier

Nadine Yousif, BBC (September 26, 2024): Canada’s Trudeau survives no-confidence vote in parliament

Past Americas Elections

Venezuela Presidential Election: July 28, 2024

Marc Perelman, France24 (September 26, 2024): ‘Maduro is weaker and weaker,’ says Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado

Theodore Kahn, Americas Quarterly (September 26, 2024): Venezuela’s Crisis Is Polarizing Latin America’s Politics

John Polga-Hecimovich, GIS (September 24, 2024): Venezuela: Maduro’s totalitarian turn

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