Happy Friday, Chasqui readers! This week, we continue to debrief from the U.S. elections and their impact on international politics at global summits. Plus, we look ahead to Uruguay’s runoff on Sunday.

Trump Team 2.0. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has begun to name members of his second presidential administration. That includes his nominee for secretary of state, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida. Rubio, who is Cuban American, has an extensive history with Latin America, even sitting in for Trump at the 2018 Summit of the Americas in Peru.

Who else has Trump tapped for positions that deal with the Americas? We break down the picks, from border czar to UN ambassador, and detail their histories with the region.

Season of summits. Over the past several weeks, world leaders have gathered for BRICS, APEC, G20, and COP. What to make of it all? We convened our own G3—Francisco Resnicoff of Argentina, Cecilia Tornaghi of Brazil, and Brenda Estefan of Mexico—on the latest Latin America in Focus to discuss the global meetings. What does Trump’s return mean for global politics? And how are leaders navigating the new era of U.S.-China competition in Latin America? Listen to the episode.

Uruguay’s showdown. Voters return to the polls November 24 for a runoff between Yamandú Orsi of the left-leaning opposition Broad Front coalition and Álvaro Delgado of the center-right National Party, which is led by President Luis Lacalle Pou. How are Orsi and Delgado differentiating themselves? Learn about the candidates’ proposals on security, economic policy, and more.

Want to know what the polls are saying? Keep scrolling. 

And see our 2024 elections guide to read about all of this year's elections.

Mexico first. This year, both Mexico and the United States held elections with women at the top of the ballot. But, as Carin Zissis writes in Foreign Policy, the conversations around their candidacies were vastly different. Comparing Claudia Sheinbaum and Kamala Harris, Zissis covers why Mexico outpaces the United States when it comes to women’s political leadership.

1 to 4 percentage points. That’s the razor-thin margin in voter intention polls between Orsi and Delgado for Uruguay’s November 24 runoff.

20 percent. The proportion of first-round votes that went to parties that have endorsed Delgado for the second round.

280,000. The number of eligible voters—about 10 percent of the electorate—who did not cast a ballot in October’s first round. Both candidates are trying to turn out this demographic.

Want more figures? Read our runoff poll tracker, recently updated with the final polls before Sunday's election.