Colombia’s legislative elections confirmed a fragmented political landscape, with no clear majorities and where alliances will be decisive for governing.
A potential democratic transition in Venezuela requires more than elections: it requires rebuilding the rules, the institutions, and the guarantees of the electoral system.
With the main political force absent and no narratives to structure the contest, the subnational elections are unfolding amid scattered candidacies and a disoriented electorate.
The victory of Laura Fernández opens a crossroads: to reform the state in order to usher in a Third Republic, or, in the attempt, to erode the checks and balances that have sustained its democracy.
