The Economist The Americas

Erin O’Toole wants to win over centrist voters on September 20th

But will anyone bid for it?

Things are looking grim in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua

The discrepancy has both natural and all too human causes

The country does not need an election now. But the prime minister does

The country is still reeling from the assassination of its president

Activists are increasingly pushing back

All the while it is still cracking down on protesters

The leftist former president could be helped by a quarrel over who is to blame for protests in 2019

Despite Vladimir Putin’s encouragement for them to move back

But it remains unclear how radical Pedro Castillo can be

It secures the country’s unlikely place as a global leader in trans rights

Canada and the United States have not yet worked out how to modernise the missile-defence system

First it was battered by the pandemic, now by the president

Political instability and a shortage of funds are pushing scientists abroad

But how to supervise such a policy?

Or what to do about it

On August 1st Mexicans will vote in a national referendum over whether to put five ex-presidents on trial

The communist island has not seen such big displays of discontent for decades

After decades of mismanagement Quito is rocked by a political crisis