Articles written by Jorge Galindo

Early voters cast their ballots in Las Vegas, Nevada.

When voters go to the polls next Tuesday, all eyes will be on Georgia and Nevada

Supporters of Brazil's President and candidate for re-election Jair Bolsonaro and supporters of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva campaign together on a street during an election campaign in Brasilia.

Lula leads Bolsonaro in Brazil polls but undecided voters leave room for doubt

Jorge Galindo|16 Oct 2022 - 14:21UTC

The current president is just under five points behind on average, but polling suggests the outcome will depend largely on where the decisive 7.6% of undecided voters side

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrates the results of the first round of the Brazilian presidential election.

Brazil Elections

Brazil’s Lula on presidential election: ‘We’re going to win, this is only a delay’

Jorge Galindo|03 Oct 2022 - 17:22UTC

The left-wing former president is confident that he will triumph in a runoff against the right-wing Bolsonaro, despite the unexpectedly close result in the first round

A PT campaign rally for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Rio de Janeiro.

Elections in Brazil

Brazil election: Lula maintains lead over Bolsonaro in final stretch to vote

Jorge Galindo|Madrid|27 Sep 2022 - 11:08UTC

According to polls, the leftist leader has a 10-point advantage over the current president, but falls short of the 51% he needs to win outright in the first round on October 2

Supporters of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro celebrate his victory in Bogotá, Colombia.

COLOMBIAN ELECTION

How Colombia shifted to the left

Jorge Galindo|20 Jun 2022 - 07:56UTC

Gustavo Petro won the presidential election by increasing turnout throughout the country, especially in areas that already supported him

A woman sits after receiving a dose of the Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 in in Xochimilco, on the outskirts of Mexico City.

coronavirus crisis

Unequal Covid-19 vaccination drive hinders control of pandemic in Latin America

Jorge Galindo|20 Sep 2021 - 15:38UTC

In addition to the difficulty of accessing vaccines, some parts of the population are also skeptical about the immunization campaign

Haitian migrants in the Colombian city of Necoclí.

IMMIGRATION

The silent exodus of Latin America’s Haitian population

Santiago Torrado / Rocío Montes / Lorena Arroyo|Bogotá / Santiago de Chile / Mexico / São Paulo|11 Aug 2021 - 12:00UTC

After the 2010 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation, tens of thousands of people traveled to Brazil and Chile. Now they are looking to enter the US, but face many challenges on the journey

Jorge Galindo

US election forecast: Republicans will control the House; the Senate is too close to call