Ignacio Portes

Ignacio Portes is The Brazilian Report's Latin America editor. Based in Buenos Aires, he has covered politics, macro, markets and diplomacy for the Financial Times, Al Jazeera, and the Buenos Aires Herald.

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Explaining Brazil #287: Election hopes dashed in Venezuela

Negotiations with the U.S. and the opposition had led to hopes that Venezuela would hold clean elections in 2024. But the Maduro administration stopping adversaries from competing has put that optimism to rest

3 weeks ago • Euan Marshall and Ignacio Portes

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What has Javier Milei been up to?

Argentina’s libertarian president insists on his “anti-caste” reform proposals, despite setbacks in Congress

2 months ago • Ignacio Portes

Argentina's Javier Milei and Pope Francis met for the first time in February. Photo: Simone Risoluti/EFE/Vatican

Pope Francis’s reconciliation with Milei not a first

Argentina’s firebrand libertarian president had compared the leader of the Catholic Church to Satan — but so had the Kirchners

2 months ago • Ignacio Portes

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Two conceptions of democracy clash in El Salvador

Nayib Bukele won re-election with overwhelming majority backing, but critics believe democracy means something quite different

3 months ago • Ignacio Portes

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Chile’s forgotten constitutional referendum could still be decisive

A victory for the right-wing reform proposal today would put José Antonio Kast in the driving seat for the presidency, while the Boric government could get a second wind if “no” wins

4 months ago • Ignacio Portes

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Argentina elects Javier Milei

Argentina became the latest country to elect a strident radical right-winger as its president, as the outgoing Peronist coalition failed to deliver on its promises

5 months ago • Ignacio Portes

argentina election A vandalized Massa campaign poster, in Buenos Aires. The economy minister faces off against libertarian Javier Milei this weekend.

Argentina on the edge of its seat ahead of Milei-Massa runoff

Argentina's economy minister should have no business winning the presidency in a country yearning for change. But fears of Milei mean an unprecedented comeback is still possible

5 months ago • Ignacio Portes

Far-right presidential hopeful Javier Milei casting his ballot in the first round of the Argentinian presidential elections. Photo: Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EFE/Folhapress

Milei leadership qualities questioned as Argentina’s runoff approaches

Fuel shortages add to Massa’s economic worries, but Milei’s public meltdowns also weaken his presidential bid

6 months ago • Ignacio Portes