Table 1. South America: Heads of State and Election Schedules

Source: Compiled by the Congressional Research Service (CRS).

a. On June 18, 2019, the Caribbean Court of Justice upheld a December 2018 no-confidence vote by Guyana's National Assembly. Subsequently, President Granger announced that elections would be held in late November 2019 to provide enough time for Guyana's electoral body to create a new registry of voters; the political opposition has called for the election to be held sooner. See "Court Ruling Sends Guyana to New Elections, As First Oil Output Looms," Reuters, June 18, 2019.

bAlberto Fernández was elected president on October 27, 2019, and is scheduled to take office on December 10, 2019. See CRS Insight IN11184, Argentina's 2019 Elections. b. Bolivia's October 20, 2019, first-round election was marred by allegations of fraud in the vote tabulation. The country's electoral agency maintains that Evo Morales won a narrow first-round victory, but opposition candidate Carlos Mesa is rejecting the electoral agency's assertion. Morales has agreed to have the Organization of American States (OAS) audit the election results, and to participate in a second round election later this year if recommended by the OAS. Mesa has called for the election to be redone. c. President Granger announced that general elections will be held on March 2, 2020. See Alexis Rodney, "Development under the Coalition continues as Guyana readies for elections," Guyana's Department of Public Information, October 2, 2019. d. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was elected president of Peru in June 2016, but resigned on March 21, 2018, just ahead of a vote on impeachment. First Vice President Martín Vizcarra constitutionally succeeded him and is set to fulfill the remainder of Kuczynski's term.

ce. A runoff election is to be held on November 24, 2019, between the top two presidential candidates: Daniel Martínez and Luis Lacalle Pou. See Luisa Leme, "Three Takeaways from Uruguay's First-Round Presidential Vote," Americas Society/Council of the Americas, October 28, 2019. f. In a controversial move, Venezuela's presidential election was moved forward from December 2018 to May 20, 2018. Most Venezuelans and much of the international community considered the May 2018 election, in which then-President Nicolás Maduro won reelection, as illegitimate (CRS In Focus IF10230, Venezuela: Political Crisis and U.S. Policy). The United States and 53over 50 other countries have recognized Juan Guaidó, elected president of Venezuela's National Assembly in January 2019, as Interim President of Venezuela yet Maduro remains in power (CRS Insight IN11024, Venezuela: U.S. Recognizes Interim Government, by Clare Ribando Seelke).

Table 2. Mexico and Central America: Heads of State and Election Schedules

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a. Alejandro Giammattei was elected president in a runoff election on August 11, 2019, and is expectedscheduled to take office on January 14, 2020.

Table 3. Caribbean: Heads of State and Election Schedules

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