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I'm willing to forgive the conceptual stretching because I do love some null ballot photos

🇲🇽 13% turnout in Mexico's massive judicial elections yesterday. And it's likely that many of those votes will be null or blank. Pathetic. But the reform is still a success. Morena will successfully capture the judiciary and diminish Mexico's democracy. apnews.com/article/mexico…

🇲🇽 With 87% of votes counted for the Supreme Court, INE is reporting 12.1% turnout. Of the votes cast, 10.8% were null and 11.9% blank. As AP reports, all or almost all nine Supreme Court judges will be Morena allies. apnews.com/article/mexico…

In a year of elections, things are still quite unclear in #Bolivia, #Peru, #Chile and #Colombia. This is how Colombia's scenario looks like a couple of week ago. Via La Silla Vacía lasillavacia.com/silla-nacional…

It’s deeply ironic that Trump’s oligarch would be the last person to figure out that Trump wants to govern like Putin. Wait until he finds out about Mikhail Khodorkovsky... axios.com/2025/06/05/tru…

🇦🇷Argentina’s Supreme Court has confirmed, in a final ruling, the conviction against former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for corruption. She will be barred from running for office in perpetuity. Her departure from electoral politics will reshape Argentine politics.

The Latin Americanization of U.S. politics, example #748

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” -James Madison, Federalist #47

I’m thrilled to announce that, after ten years of research, my book on the birth of democracy in South America is finally out! I'm especially excited to be publishing it #openaccess, which means you can download a PDF for free at: cambridge.org/core/books/bir…

Democratic backsliding is unfolding remarkably fast in the U.S. Supposedly strong institutions are crumbling in the face of a president with an approval rating below 50%. Not sure I've seen anything like it before.

Trump’s monstrosity of a bill passes the House. This really feels like we’re watching a political party commit suicide.

Dina Boluarte is one of the least popular presidents in the history of polling. 📈 Years of protests and scandals raise the question: will she stay in power until the 2026 elections—or become the next president to exit early? 🤔🇵🇪 #DinaBoluarte #PeruPolitics #LatinAmerica

1/ 🧵 #ElSalvador’s leading human-rights group Cristosal has suspended operations and evacuated most of its staff abroad, citing President #Bukele’s intensifying crackdown on dissent reuters.com/world/americas…

Things are continuing to get worse in El Salvador.

Utterly predictable, but still tragic: Bukele follows in the footsteps of Chávez and Ortega in scrapping term limits. At 44 years old, Bukele could entrench a personalist dictatorship that rivals Stroessner.

The Kirchnerization of U.S. economic data was inevitable

Another poll in #Bolivia that confirms the drop in preferences for Andrónico, the left-wing candidate. The rise of Rodrigo Paz is interesting, and it might reflect some nostalgia for his father, Jaime Paz Zamora and his more centrist positions #Elecciones eldeber.com.bo/pais/samuel-y-…

📊Chile 2025 Forecast: Jeanette Jara is projected to win 32.19% of the 1st-rd vote in Nov 2025 presidential election. Her win probability across both rounds is just 40.48% Polarization in Chile is opening space for far-right leadership🇨🇱 pollitik.substack.com/p/electoralpro… #ChileVota

Brazil's judiciary once again outshining the U.S. in holding golpista presidents accountable.

Also Trump administration: "we haven't read Levitsky & Way or Schedler"