IT used to be said that everyone had two countries: their own and France. Nowadays, it’s the US. We all have a stake in the presidential election, even if we don’t unfortunately have a vote.

RELIGION played a huge role in Mike Huckabee’s triumph in the Iowa Republican caucuses, although there are some mixed signals for him on the road ahead.

In the first electoral test for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his plans to remake Latin America’s largest country, Brazilians today chose mayors and city councils nationwide.