Crucial elections to take place across Latin America in 2021

Ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic with almost 18.6 million cases and more than 584,000 deaths, the year 2021 in Latin America is set to be a mix of hope for vaccination rollouts, tinged with desperate attempts to re-establish local economies. However, amid all this, several of the region’s countries are set to go to the polls for crucial elections that will define the post-outbreak period. 

Even during the height of the pandemic last year, a few Latin American countries managed to hold successful elections. The first was the Dominican Republic, back in July, where President Luis Abinader was elected in a campaign that was forced to make a quick U-turn to deal with the nascent health crisis.

Among the most emblematic of 2020’s elections in Latin America came in Bolivia, where the left-wing Movement for Socialism (MAS) party won a landslide victory one year after leading figurehead Evo Morales was deposed as president in a military coup.

Last but not least, Chile went to the polls to tear up its dictatorship-era Constitution, with the process of drafting a new national charter set to begin this year.

Throughout 2021, a number of Latin American countries will hold local or presidential elections, and The Brazilian Report has summed up everything you need to know from around the region.

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