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(L) Gustavo Petro with Francia Márquez and (R) Geraldo Alckmin with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. (AP)

Team building in Colombia and Brazil. The choice of a running mate gives a presidential hopeful a chance to widen their base and even win over a rival’s supporters. So what can we glean from the vice-presidential choices in Latin America’s big votes this year? 
 

In a new Latin America in Focus episode, Colombia Risk Analysis Director Sergio Guzmán covers the running mates of the top three candidates and explains how this round’s vice-presidential selections represent “a fundamental turning point for Colombian politics.”

In the case of Brazil, Fundação Getúlio Vargas Researcher Thomas Traumann explains frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s vice-presidential play for the center and questions whether it will be enough to keep him leading in polls against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Listen to the episode.

Hot off the polls. How are the races shaping up ahead of elections on May 29 in Colombia and October 2 in Brazil? We’ve got the numbers you need. Follow along with our Colombia poll tracker and Brazil poll tracker.

Get more updates in our 2022 elections guide.

What’s coming up in Latin America? 

THEY SAID WHAT?

—Tatiana Clouthier, Mexican secretary of the economy, speaking at the 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Mexico City

DON'T MISS THIS

After more than two years, pandemic guardrails are coming down in Latin America. In recent weeks, countries began opening borders and lifting longtime Covid restrictions. Brazil, for example, is ending its state of public health emergency that has been in place since February 2020. (AP, Voice of America)

FAST STATS
20,421

Salvadorans arrested from March 27 to April 27. During this period and at least through the end of May, El Salvador has been in a government-declared state of exception that allows the police to hold suspects without charges.
 

87

Salvadorans murdered from March 25 to 27. This spike in violence prompted President Nayib Bukele to push for a state of exception.
 

10 to 15 years

The potential prison sentence for anyone who produces news media the government believes reproduces or disseminates messages from the gangs. Human rights groups say that this will have a chilling effect on the free press of the country.
 

ICYMI from Americas Quarterly: The ELN is a major roadblock in future U.S.-Venezuela talks. Latin America doesn’t want a new Cold War. The AQ podcast covers whether Jair Bolsonaro could still win in Brazil. Dollarization is no silver bullet for Latin America’s inflation woes. The evolution of Colombia’s Gustavo Petro.
ALGO FESTIVO
After two years of party-from-home, Carnaval is back in Brazil! To celebrate, read about the triumphs of Tania Daley, the first Nicaraguan drum queen to lead a major samba school.
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