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Latin America’s ‘blue wave’: Is Mexico next?

Politics in Latin America have recently been undergoing a major conservative shift, stimulating discussion about a ‘blue wave’ to replace the ‘pink tide’ of the early 21st Century. At a general level, since the 1960s the region has cycled…

The UK’s party system in flux

The UK’s electoral system has been considered for decades a model for political stability. Known as “first past the post”, voters choose a single candidate to represent their constituency in parliament, creating a system in which only two…

La lunga crisi della politica portoghese

Ci sono due modi per leggere i risultati delle elezioni che si sono tenute a metà maggio in Portogallo. Il primo è che la classe politica del Paese ha chiamato tutta la popolazione alle urne “affinché nulla cambiasse”, riconfermando al…