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The Panama Canal 19 October 2006

The voters and the ships
Easing a bottleneck of world trade depends on persuading Panamanians that the arithmetic of an ambitious canal expansion adds up

Mexico’s long Presidential election draws to a close 12 October 2006

Chemical reaction
The end of the line for Andrés Manuel López Obrador?

Mexico’s presidential election nears resolution 21 September 2006

The left cannot hold
Mr López Obrador’s campaign of “civil resistance” starts to fizzle

Mexico’s presidential election: result 7 September 2006

Game, set and matches
Felipe Calderón is proclaimed president-elect, but will the loser give in?

Mexico’s presidential election: in limbo 31 August 2006

The court v the street
Felipe Calderón moves a step closer to the presidency but his opponent threatens to make Mexico ungovernable

Mexico’s contested election 3 August 2006

After maths
An impressively bad loser draws the crowds

Demonstrations in Mexico 27 July 2006

Learning by not doing
A teachers’ strike in a poor state has wider implications

Mexico’s presidential election: Tie? 20 July 2006

Uncivilly resistant
The loser looks unlikely ever to concede defeat

Mexico’s elections 13 July 2006

A nation awaits
With court challenges under way, a clear winner looks unlikely before September

Mexico’s presidential election: down to the wire 6 July 2006

The closest of victories
Felipe Calderón, a business-friendly conservative, seems likely to be the next president. Try convincing the loser of that

Mexico’s election: What is at stake 29 June 2006

Six years of refried beans, and little confidence of better to come
Mexico’s next president must improve on Vicente Fox’s mixed record

Mexico’s presidential election: coming soon! 8 June 2006

A tie not broken
A fight to the finish on the economy

Uribe wins re-election 1 June 2006

Uribe’s mandate
Now for the hard part

Uribe wins (web update) 29 May 2006

Uribe’s second term
Colombia’s president wins another four years in
office

Web only

Colombia’s Presidential Election 25 May 2006

Uribe prepares for an encore
A remarkable, if controversial, president seeks a second term