World Elections 2024: How Will the New Leaders Serve Their People?

Published on June 15, 2024

It’s not only an election year in the USA. Government shakeups have been happening all around the world in 2024—most recently the European parliamentary elections. In France, the nationalist party dominated the polls, causing the president to call for a snap election. And in Germany, the right-wing alternative party made big gains on the social democrats, which scored their worst ever results. What does this mean for the European Union? In Latin America, Mexico historically elected a new, female president. How will she handle the government’s relationship with the cartels? And Panama recently elected a new president as well, who people are saying will help combat the chaos caused by the country being an illegal migration superhighway....