Elections

crowd of supporters of Alianza de Pais in Puerto Rico

The New Progressive Party, Puerto Rico鈥檚 right-wing pro-statehood faction, has entrenched itself as a major political force, creating a system that increasingly resembles a one-party state, argues Javier A Hern谩ndez.

Nicolas Maduro and Edmundo Gonzales

There are fears in Venezuela that the situation approaching inauguration day could trigger a new round of political violence and state repression, reports Federico Fuentes.

Twitter post and pic of Trump

Indonesia鈥檚 President Prabowo Subianto remains a loyal servant of United States imperialism, as his recent phone call to Donald Trump makes clear, reports Peter Boyle.

protesters with banners block road

United States Senator Bernie Sanders鈥 bills to stop US weapons transfers to Israel were defeated, with just under 20% of Democrats voting to support the resolutions, writes Dan La Botz.

Nicolas Maduro and Venezuelan flag

91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes sat down with Malfred Gerig, a sociologist from the Central University of Venezuela, to discuss what he calls Maduro鈥檚 鈥渘eoliberalism with patrimonialist characteristics鈥. This is the final in a three-part interview.

Frente Amplio candidates

Uruguayans chose to return the centre-left Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition to government, by electing its candidate Yamand煤 Orsi in the run-off presidential election, reports Pablo Meriguet.

While socialist and Green candidates received higher votes in the Victorian local government elections, Labor鈥檚 bid to reduce small party representation with single-member wards worked. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

The major parties want to entrench a system of unfairly distributed electoral funding and corporate donations to pay for their manipulative misinformation campaigns, and聽to stir up racism, misogyny and bigotry against minorities. Peter Boyle reports.

Donald Trump

While incoming United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 inauguration is still a month-and-a-half away, he is preparing the ground for his second term, reports Barry Sheppard.

protest and inset picture of Ven芒ncio Mondlane

Mozambique is at a critical juncture, with post-election discontent revealing deep-rooted flaws in its political system, writes Boaventura Monjane.

person speaking to media

Federico Fuentes speaks to constitutional lawyer and human rights activist Mar铆a Alejandra D铆az about why, as she puts it, the rule of law in Venezuela is 鈥渋n frank deterioration鈥 since the July 28 presidential elections.

person riding a bicycle in San Juan

Gubernatorial elections were held on November 5 in the United States colony of Puerto Rico, with pro-independence candidate Juan Dalmau only narrowly defeated by pro-Trump candidate Jenniffer Gonz谩lez-Col贸n, reports Barry Sheppard.