Roads to Resistance

By Ronald J. Morgan Peru’s Left has squeezed into the second round of the 2026 elections race. Leftist Roberto Sánchez 57, of Juntos Para Peru, will face off against Rightist Keiko Fujimori, 51. Fujimori obtained 17.181 percent for a total of 2,877,678 votes. Sánchez followed with 12.031 percent or 2,015,114 votes. Sánchez defeated Rightist Rafael López Aliaga, 65, by a razor slim 21,310 votes,…

By Ronald J. Morgan President Trump’s man has won an extremely tight race in the November 30, 2025 Honduras presidential election but two parties are relenting only after charging there has been evidence of fraud. The final vote tally gave National Party candidate Nasry ‘Tito” Asfura 40.6 percent of the vote. Coming in second, in the one-round winner take all election, was Liberal Party…

By Ronald J. Morgan President Trump’s man has won an extremely tight race in the November 30, 2025 Honduras presidential election but two parties are relenting only after charging there has been evidence of fraud. The final vote tally gave National Party candidate Nasry ‘Tito” Asfura 40.6 percent of the vote. Coming in second in the one-round winner take all election was Liberal Party Salvador…

By Ronald J. Morgan Ecuador’s voters rejected President  Daniel Naboa’s referendum issues by a wide margin. The vote, Nov. 16, showed a clear dislike for four constitutional amendments. The proposal to allow foreign military bases was rejected by 60.82 percent. The second proposal, which called for an end to public financing for political parties was rejected by 58.30 percent. The third question,…

By Ronald J. Morgan Despite a first round win by Left Labor Minister Jeanette Jara, one of  Chile’s most conservative politicians will likely win election December 14. The arrival of the right in power will cause an increase emphasis in crime enforcement and anti-immigration enforcement. In the first round vote, November 16, Jara, 51,  a candidate of the Communist Party  won in the first round.…

By Ronald J. Morgan Voters have swept the Bolivia right into political control for the first time un twenty years. The second round awarded victory to Rodrigo Paz and running mate Edman Lara. The voters chose the more moderate Paz of the Christian Democratic Party over tradtional rightist of the LIBRE Party, Jorge Quiroga. Paz won with 54.3 percent to Quiroga’s 45.4 percent. After his…

By Ronald J. Morgan The left of Bolivia has fallen from power for the first time in twenty years. Two opposition candidates pushed their way into the second round. The opposition also took control of the Bolivian congress. Finishing first in the Aug 17 vote, was Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 57. Paz teamed with vicepresidential candidate Edman Lara, a former policeman against police corruption, to win…

By Ronald J. Morgan Bolivians are casting their votes for president in the midst of  a major political and economic crisis. The first round vote Aug. 17, is approaching with two rightwing candidates running ahead of a group of post Evo Morales aspirants. The winner will be charged with restarting the Bolivian economy and contending with the continuing power of Morales. While he won’t be running…

By Ronald J. Morgan  Latín America’s most violent country has granted President Daniel Noboa four more years to quell an historic outbreak of narco gang violence. After about 17 months of increased police and military activity the violence has continued escalating. Some 2,361 deaths occurred in the first quarter of 2025. This marks an historic record for Ecuador. The violence began moving upward…

By Ronald J. Morgan With Ecuador’s 18.06 million population facing historic murder rates and political tensions, voters headed to the polls twice this year.  The second round elections, April 13, brought a win for conservative Daniel Noboa, 37,  of the Acción Democrática Party.  He has been president for an 18-month stretch after winning a special election in late 2023. The election was called…

By Ronald J. Morgan  A political pact between Peru’s President and it’s congress is producing a rightwing dominance that is threatening the independence of the justice system. The congress has become the premier political power. Held together by the Rightwing Keiko Fujimori Fuerza Popular Party, it has been over riding the power of the presidency and judicial branches. It has sought to stack all…

By Ronald J. Morgan Paraguay’s long dominant Colorado Party has handed the Paraguayan anti-corruption coalition a devastating defeat. Paraguayan voters ignored U.S. corruption warnings and sanctions against Colorado Party members and instead, put them in control of the presidency and both houses of congress. If the United States allegations are right, the country  of 7.6 million has fallen under…

By Ronald J. Morgan This year’s presidential election in Paraguay, the eighth since the country returned to democracy in 1989, is anything but a normal exercise in democracy. The vote is being carried out against a backdrop of  U.S. intervention in the country’s political and justice system. The United States has unleashed national security sanctions against a former president and a vice…

Lula Wins in Brazil but Bolsonaro Still a Force

By Ronald J. Morgan Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva has won the right to run Brazil for the next four years edging out Rightist Jair Bolsonaro. Lula’s Workers Party coalition with the Brazilian Socialists received 50.9% of the votes 60,345,999 while Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party won 49.1% of the votes totalling 58,206,354. 1,1a Brazil has the largest economy in Latin America. But the nation of  215…

Chileans Vote Down New Constitution

By Ronald J. Morgan Nearly three years after the October 2019, uprising demanding social change rocked Chile the forces for reform have suffered a setback. Rejection of the new constitution Sept. 4, has, at least, temporarily sidelined a big part of the planned reform effort. The defeat came even though voters had approved the creation of a new constitution by a large margin. October 25, 2020.…

Petro’s New Agenda for Colombia

Ronald J. Morgan Colombia’s new president Gustavo Petro has announced an ambitious agenda that aims to roll back neoliberal and militaristic policies of the past. He also plans to reactiviate the peace agreement signed in 2016. A particular emphasis will be put on reestablishing the rural developmet provisions in part 1 of the agreement. 1 Petro plans to introduce an ambitious tax reform which…

Petro Puts Colombia Left in Power

By Ronald J. Morgan Gustavo Petro achieved victory in the June 19, second- round election for a history-making win over Colombia´s traditional right leaning political forces. Petro, 62, will have four years to establish a lasting peace around the 2016 peace agreement and to bring more social justice and progress to more than 40% of Colombians languishing in poverty. The Petro victory also brought…