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Washington attempting to ensure authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro permits ‘free and fair’ elections later this year
Police say far-right former leader and his allies had detailed scheme to prevent his successor from taking office
His hardline approach has drawn criticism abroad and from El Salvador’s journalists — but voters have no such qualms
President Daniel Noboa escalates ‘internal armed conflict’ as violence continues to roil Andean country
Three aides to former leader arrested as police set out details of alleged plan to prevent Lula taking office after 2022 polls
Other policies of the millennial president, such as mass incarceration, are less easy to copy
Libertarians withdraw legislation from lower house’s floor after opposition lawmakers reject measures
Full final-salary pensions among suite of changes put forward by Andrés Manuel López Obrador ahead of June elections
Javier Milei courts hard-right allies in Israel and Italy without freezing out Brazil or China
Action against Transparency International follows moves to unwind legacy of sprawling ‘Car Wash’ bribery investigation
Bitcoin-backing strongman expected to be re-elected for controversial second term despite constitutional ban
US offered sanctions relief to Maduro government in exchange for release of political prisoners and holding of free elections
Ex-president Ricardo Martinelli cannot run after Supreme Court confirmed conviction, say experts
Millennial incumbent president is polling at 82 per cent amid crackdown on alleged gangsters
Félix Ulloa, who is running for re-election as vice-president, defends sweeping crime crackdown
Sergio Moro, who convicted country’s leftist leader, defends his battered reputation and says fight against graft has been abandoned
Legislation will move to the Senate after provisional approval in lower house of Congress
Powerful labour movements to hold protests as libertarian leader declines to negotiate
Libertarian leader’s intransigence over his rapid reform strategy triggers clash with lawmakers
Region’s unique advantages offer an extraordinary opportunity — if its governments can step up
The president has big plans to kick-start the economy but critics say he is trying to revive a long-discredited strategy
Guards released after being held captive by inmates amid escalating gang-linked violence
Political outsider Bernardo Arévalo has pledged to tackle corruption after defying hostile prosecutors
What happened to turn a relatively peaceful tourist destination into one of the bloodiest countries in the region?
The US condemns ongoing violence that escalated after the Choneros leader disappeared from his prison cell
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