February 22, 2025

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

Flowers for sale in Cuenca, Ecuador. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Cayambe (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Upcoming Americas Elections

Ecuador Presidential Runoff: April 13, 2025 (following first round on February 9)

Will Freeman, Council on Foreign Relations (February 20, 2025): Ecuador’s Next President Will Face Debt, Drought, and Gangs

Mie Hoejris Dahl, World Politics Review (February 18, 2025): Ecuador’s Presidential Election Is Inflaming Its Polarization Problem

Venezuela Legislative Elections: May 25, 2025 (postponed from April)

David Smilde, El País (February 19, 2025): Venezuelan opposition again following the siren song of an electoral boycott

Bloomberg (February 19, 2025): Venezuela Delays Vote as Opposition Demands Concessions

Mexico Judicial Elections: June 1, 2025

Amalia Pulido, Wilson Center (February 20, 2025): Judiciary Elections in Mexico: A Multilevel Approach

Bolivia Presidential and Legislative Elections: August 17, 2025

France24 (February 20, 2025): Bolivia’s Morales runs for president again, defying term limit

Argentina Legislative Elections: October 26, 2025

Manuela Tobias, Bloomberg (February 20, 2025): Argentina’s Senate suspends primary vote in reprieve for Milei

Canada General Elections: By October 20, 2025 (earlier elections possible)

David Ljunggren, Reuters (February 19, 2025): Canadian election race thrown open by Trump’s tariff threat

Haiti General Elections: November 15, 2025 (following lengthy delays – further delays possible)

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald (February 21, 2025): Caribbean leaders agree Haiti needs elections. The debate is on how soon they can happen

Caleb Mills, Geopolitical Monitor (February 18, 2025): Elections Won’t Save Haiti

Colombia Presidential Election: May 2026 (due)

Nicolle Yapur and Leda Alvim, Bloomberg (February 18, 2025): Leftist’s Flop in Colombia Sparks Wild Election-Bet Stock Rally

Joe Daniels, Financial Times (February 16, 2025): Colombia’s leftist government in chaos as elections loom

Brazil Presidential, Legislative, and Regional Elections: October 4, 2026

Manuela Andreoni and Luciana Novaes Magalhaes, Reuters (February 20, 2025): Streamlined charges against Bolsonaro may speed case ahead of 2026 Brazil vote

Jack Nicas, New York Times (February 18, 2025): Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Plotting a Coup After 2022 Election Loss

Past Americas Elections

Bermuda (British Overseas Territory) House of Assembly Elections: February 18, 2025

Don Burgess, Reuters (February 19, 2025): Bermuda’s center-left PLP wins third consecutive general election

Regional Analysis

Will Freeman, Americas Quarterly (February 18, 2025): Latin American Organized Crime’s Real Target: Local Government