DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

El Salvador: a victory for popular authoritarianism

President Bukele’s security successes rewarded with absolute power

CENTRAL AMERICA

Honduras: glass half full

Mixed picture halfway into Xiomara Castro’s term

CENTRAL AMERICA

Serbia’s suspicious election

Protests follow evidence of illegal voting by ruling party supporters

Democracy alive and well in Taiwan

Vibrant election campaign against backdrop of China’s threat

Guatemala’s chance for a new beginning

New president takes office promising to fight corruption and impunity

CENTRAL AMERICA

Bangladesh: election with a foregone conclusion

Ruling party’s win guaranteed by pre-election crackdown

The Netherlands latest country to tilt to the right

Right-wing populist comes shock first in election

Argentina plunges into the unknown

Far-right outsider wins presidential runoff

Argentina: unpalatable choices in election plagued with uncertainty

Far-right outsider could still win 19 November presidential runoff

Ecuador: an end to instability?

Election result brings opportunity to address violence – but time is short and cost of failure is high