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Jun 29, 2018

Gender Equality Should be a Priority for Mexico’s Next President

By Katherine Pereira

On July 1, voters in Mexico will head to the polls to fill more than 3,000 elected positions. The presidency, senate, and the chamber of deputies, as well as state and municipal positions are up for grabs. Although women eighteen and older comprise 52 percent of the electorate (44,483,446 votes), presidential candidates’ proposals on gender […]

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 29, 2018

Marczak Quoted in CNBC on Mexico’s Presidential Election

By Jason Marczak

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 28, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Trending Beyond Borders in Mexico

By Ben Nimmo, Donara Barojan, Jose Luis Peñarredonda, and Kanishk Karan

Ahead of Mexico’s presidential election on July 1, a network of Facebook pages and Twitter accounts has been promoting partisan political messages, most of them attacking front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 28, 2018

Nimmo Quoted in Reuters on Disinformation in Mexico’s Presidential Election

By Ben Nimmo

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 23, 2018

Pereira Quoted in O Globo on the Mexican Elections

By Katherine Pereira

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 23, 2018

Pereira Quoted in O Globo on the Mexican Elections

By Katherine Pereira

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 20, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Bots and Boosters in Mexico

By Ben Nimmo and Donara Barojan

Mexican political party the New Alliance (Nueva Alianza, or PANAL) has been benefiting from significant online amplification by a cluster of activists and probable Twitter bots, in the countdown to the country’s July 1 election.

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 19, 2018

Colombia “Turns The Page” With Presidential Election

By David Wemer

Alina Dieste, Tomás González, and Juan Carlos López all hailed the election of Iván Duque as the next President of Colombia as a historic success for Colombian democracy. Duque, of the right-leaning Democratic Center party, beat left-leaning candidate Gustavo Petro, fifty-four percent to forty-two percent. The June 17th election was the second round of the […]

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Jun 17, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Eyes on Colombia from Venezuela

By Jose Luis Peñarredonda

The Colombian elections have spurred significant interest in Venezuela, as evidenced by the social media activity of accounts based in the country or managed by Venezuelans.

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Jun 14, 2018

Celia Quoted in CNBC on Colombia

By Juan Felipe Celia

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