Mandatory voting in Latin America reveals a paradox: although the law requires participation, actual turnout depends far more on citizens’ trust than on sanctions.
A few days before the elections, Honduras faces a process marked by citizen distrust, institutional fragility, and political and technological tensions that threaten the credibility of the electoral day.
The electoral collapse of MAS after two decades of dominance marks the end of a political cycle in Bolivia and opens the way for Rodrigo Paz, who will assume the presidency in November after prevailing in an unprecedented runoff.
The decline in electoral participation reveals a troubling crisis: when the people stop voting, democracy becomes hollow and moves, by its own decision, toward ‘voluntary servitude’.
La Libertad Avanza turned massive social anger into an electoral engine, achieving a resounding 40.7% and establishing itself as the main channel for expressing Argentine discontent.
