Roberto Espíndola

Roberto Espíndola is senior lecturer in politics and director of the Centre for European Studies at the University of Bradford.

Chile's new era

The victory of Michelle Bachelet in the second-round of Chile’s presidential election on Sunday 15 January was in the end decisive. The result – Bachelet received 53.45% of the

By Roberto Espíndola

/ 16 Jan 2006

Latin America – The year of the ballot

In the last days of 2005, leading thinkers and scholars from around the world share their fears, hopes and expectations of 2006. As Isabel Hilton asks: What does 2006 have in store? (Part one)

By Roberto Espíndola

/ 22 Dec 2005

Michelle Bachelet: Chile's next president?

This Sunday, 11 December 2005, could be regarded as just another of Chile’s routine polling days since the return to democracy in 1990. Well into the hot, southern-hemisphere summer

By Roberto Espíndola

/ 6 Dec 2005