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Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:51:00 GMTSánchez overtakes Fujimori in Peru count with 95% tallied; overseas vote still to come
Leftist Roberto Sánchez moved ahead in the count of Peru's presidential runoff, in an election being decided vote by vote. With about 95% of the tally sheets processed by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), Sán...
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:44:00 GMTColombia's runoff: a united right behind De la Espriella faces a divided left
The first of the three campaign weeks ahead of Colombia's presidential runoff, set for June 21, has been marked by a contrast: a right that had failed to unite for the first round ended up aligned behind far-right candidate Abe...
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:07:00 GMTUruguay's Orsi slips to 12th in a regional presidential ranking; Bukele leads
Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi fell to 12th among the 18 leaders in the June ranking of best-rated Latin American presidents compiled by the Argentine consultancy CB. With a 38.8% positive image, Orsi dropped one spot from M...
Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTSánchez narrowly ahead in Peru runoff quick count; both candidates urge caution
Peru's presidential runoff ended without a clear winner after an extremely close vote. A quick count by the pollster Ipsos, carried out with the NGO Transparencia on a representative sample of tally sheets, gave a slight edge t...
Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:17:00 GMTTrump's 'Shield of the Americas' reshapes Central America's war on drug cartels
Donald Trump's return to the White House and the launch of the "Shield of the Americas" —a militarized anti-narcotics coalition that excludes Mexico and that Washington unveiled in Miami in March— have reshaped the security...