The film — produced by the Mexican actor and conservative activist Eduardo Verástegui — premiered in Latin America, having received support from far-right political figures, such as Mayor Sandra Cuevas in Mexico and President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador
Rodrigo Valdés, the director of the Western Hemisphere division at the International Monetary Fund, warns that the dollarization that ultra-right candidate Javier Milei proposes for Argentina ‘will require seeking a lot of political support’
I tried to answer astonished e-mails from friends, but I did not understand what had happened in Argentina’s first round of presidential elections, either
Over 70 clergy celebrated an open-air mass in response to insults by the far-right candidate who called the pontiff an imbecile, a communist and satanic
The presidential candidate’s party has taken part in a tribute to the ‘other victims’ of the regime, which human rights groups say threatens the ‘basic agreements’ of the past 40 years of democracy
The Salvadoran president’s strategy for dealing with gangs has eroded democratic freedoms and rights, but is also tantalizing for many politicians
The presidential front-runner says the government will stop funding research if he is elected
The winner of Argentina’s primary elections is against abortion and supports the right to bear arms. But, at the same time, he’s in favor of the legalization of drugs and defends a person’s right to choose their own gender
Abused as a child and perpetually enraged as an adult, the far-right candidate won in the first round of the presidential elections after capitalizing on the vote of fed-up Argentines and setting the political agenda with his histrionics
The anti-abortion economist, who wants to abolish the state, gets 30% while the traditional right wing coalition comes second, just one point ahead of the ruling Peronist party
The South American country is holding a vote to decide the contenders for the presidential elections, amidst an inflation rate of 115% and the brutal death of an 11-year-old girl
The far-right presidential candidate appeals to weariness among the citizenry. He greeted his supporters in a semi-full stadium in Buenos Aires, in the lead-up to the closing months of the campaign
The right-wing libertarian sat down with EL PAÍS to discuss his radical proposals to reform his country’s economic system. He declares himself to be against ‘anything obligatory,’ including compulsory voting
The presidential candidate, who was a left-wing guerilla in her youth, now represents the hard-line right in her primary battle. The polls are in her favor
Justice investigates whether the candidate’s entourage asked for thousands of dollars in exchange for positions on the lists for the October elections
Minister of Economy Sergio Massa has been chosen by the left-wing Peronist political movement to face off against far-right economist Javier Milei. Both men will also have to contend with whoever emerges victorious from the internal primaries being held by the center-right coalition
Candidates aligned with the libertarian politician have lost every provincial election so far
Milei, an admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump, is the latest example of how right-wing populists are making inroads in Latin America
The far-right lawmaker is emerging as the third strongest candidate in the presidential campaign and he is setting the agenda of the political debate
Soaring inflation and scarce foreign exchange has rekindled the debate about dumping the peso
The economist who embodies South American Trumpism has advanced in the polls by railing against the political class