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Education Minister Blanca Ovelar, the favoured choice of incumbent President Nicanor Duarte, resigned from her position in the Partido Colorado (PC) cabinet in order to run for the... 2007-07-09

As we expected, the government has suggested that Senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be the official candidate to succeed her husband, Néstor Kirchner, following the October... 2007-07-09

Around two-thirds of Uruguayans in a recent Factum poll said that they believed that the government of President Tabaré Vázquez had done a 'good' job in its first two years in office.... 2007-07-09

As we expected, the government has suggested that Senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be the official candidate to succeed her husband, Néstor Kirchner, following the October... 2007-07-09

Although President Michelle Bachelet's approval rating has been declining in recent months, the stability of the Chilean government is still intact. Indeed, while Bachelet's approval... 2007-06-28

For some time now President Michelle Bachelet's approval rating has been in decline, and according to a poll conducted by

The Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA), the dominant member party of the 30-strong opposition bloc known as the Concertación, has announced that it will support Fernando Lugo's... 2007-06-12

Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez announced in June that he will not run in the 2009 elections, which triggered a debate about who will be the presidential candidate for the ruling... 2007-06-11

The first major electoral contest of the year has gone against the Kirchner administration, as its candidate for Buenos Aires Mayor, Daniel Filmus, lost convincingly to opposition... 2007-06-11

We have recently implemented our new political risk ratings across the region and have seen little change in Chile's ratings. Indeed, Chile continues to lead the way with the highest... 2007-05-11