For those inside the embassy, the stakes were life or death. They knew what happened to dissidents detained by the intelligence agencies. Torture was routine. Disappearance was possible. “We were on ...

Around 13% of Mexicans likely turned out to vote in the country's first-ever judicial election, Mexico's INE electoral ...

Mexico is holding its first ever judicial elections, which have sowed confusion among voters as they struggle to understand a ...

Venezuela’s May 25 legislative elections were a fiasco. Here’s what Maduro says he will do now to win future votes ...

The pro-government alliance achieved a sweeping victory in Venezuela’s May 25 elections, while a fractured opposition ...

Instead its “governor” was chosen by a few voters in Venezuela’s Bolívar state, across the border. When the new legislative ...

In this moment of deepening catastrophe, Hispanic America needs its first “Peruvian” pope to act not just as a global ...

Divisions in Venezuela's opposition were laid bare Monday as it counted the cost of a ballot boycott that allowed ...

Polling places in Caracas, the capital, and other cities were sparsely populated but officials claimed turnout was higher ...

Boycotting elections often contributes to greater authoritarian control and deepens divisions within the opposition.

The party of President Nicolas Maduro has won 40 out of 50 seats, though the divided opposition has denounced irregularities ...