Venezuela's Maduro on the back foot as crisis mounts

President Nicolas Maduro may be losing control of political events but the opposition still lacks a viable alternative

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Bolivia re-election uncertainty to persist until 2019

A recent health scare has reinforced the salience of the long-standing issue of who will be Morales's successor

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Leftist Alianza Pais has lost ground and may yet lose the presidency, but it remains Ecuador's dominant political force

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A centre-right majority in parliament will not necessarily translate into right-wing policies

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A popular outcry has stopped the government weakening anti-corruption laws

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The populist Freedom Party leads in polls, but even if it wins it will struggle to form a coalition

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Opposition parties, journalists and the courts are resisting government attempts to extend its control of the media

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The involvement of parliament will probably not derail May’s timetable for triggering Article 50

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Institutional and political forces are moving the United Kingdom towards a clean break from the EU

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Although a new referendum on EU membership is unlikely, Brexit threatens to open old wounds

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