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February 2025 Evo Morales left MAS after being prohibited from running for president in the 2025 general election, joining the Front for Victory.
2024
Pink tide
Yamandú Orsi wins the presidency in Uruguay, marking a return to power for the Broad Front.
2024
Pink tide
Claudia Sheinbaum wins the Mexican presidency in a landslide, continuing Andrés Manuel López Obrador's left-wing government. Yamandú Orsi wins in Uruguay, marking a return to power for the Broad Front
2024 Joshua Bradley ran for City Council in Raleigh at-large, losing the nonpartisan election with 26,727 votes.
2024 Danish member Red-Green Alliance (Enhedlisten) announced a schism from the party, forming a new socially liberal European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet (ELA).
2024 Red–Green Alliance of Denmark and Left Alliance of Finland delisted from the EL website.
2024 Ian Mearns left Parliament, representing the most recent known departure from the Socialist Campaign Group
2024 Jeremy Corbyn was expelled from the Labour Party for standing as an independent in the 2024 general election.
2024 Lloyd Russell-Moyle was suspended and made ineligible to stand as a Labour Party candidate.
2024 Mick Whitley and Beth Winter left the Commons after their constituencies were abolished due to boundary redistricting.
2024 Paula Barker, Dan Carden, Rachel Hopkins, and Navendu Mishra resigned from the Socialist Campaign Group.
2024 Young Fabians relaunched with significant changes: membership restricted to those under 27 years old, under-18s barred from membership, and leadership structure changed to two co-chairs with at least one being a woman.
November 26 2024 Groover García is recognized as president of MAS by the electoral court (TSE), effectively removing Evo Morales from party leadership.
September 2024 Internal party clashes between pro-Arce and pro-Morales factions in La Paz result in 40 people being injured.
June 22 2024 Left Bloc of Portugal quit the Party of the European Left.
2023
Pink tide
Ecuador elects centre-right president Daniel Noboa, defeating leftist candidate Luisa González.
2023
Pink tide
Paraguay elects conservative Santiago Peña as president.
2023
Pink tide
Bernardo Arévalo wins a surprise victory in Guatemala, further expanding the pink tide
2023
Pink tide
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returns to the presidency in Brazil, signaling a resurgence of the Pink Tide movement.
2023 Fabian Society suspended all Young Fabians face-to-face activities following a non-public review of culture and practice.
November 19 2023
Pink tide
Argentina makes history by electing far-right candidate Javier Milei as president in the general elections.
October 20 2023 Socialist Party USA held its National Convention virtually from October 20-22, 2023, with reported organizer issues.
October 4 2023 President Luis Arce and Vice President David Choquehuanca were expelled from the party by a decision of the board chaired by Evo Morales, creating internal party division.
February 2023
Labour Briefing
The Labour Briefing Editorial Board officially announced the closure of the magazine, marking the end of its publication.
2022
Pink tide
Peru's President Pedro Castillo is deposed, marking a significant political change in the region.
2022
Pink tide
Colombia and Brazil elect left-wing presidents, with Colombia electing its first left-wing president in history
2022
Pink tide
Chilean national plebiscite occurs, reflecting challenges to the pink tide movement.
2022
Pink tide
Gabriel Boric becomes President of Chile, representing a new generation of left-wing leadership in the region.
2022 Joshua Bradley ran for City Council in Raleigh at-large, losing the nonpartisan election with 18,143 votes.
2022 Troy Thompson ran for Mayor of Floodwood, losing the nonpartisan election with 51 votes.
2022 Sonya Emerick won a seat on the Minneapolis Board of Education in a nonpartisan at-large district election.
2022 Sam Tarry was deselected by his Constituency Labour Party.
December 2022 Walter Baier succeeded Heinz Bierbaum as President of the Party of European Left.
November 2022
Pink tide
Political commentators begin suggesting the second pink tide in Latin America may be dissipating, noting shifts in political landscapes across multiple countries.
November 2022 Received an A grade for funding transparency from Who Funds You?, the highest possible rating in their transparency assessment.
October 2022
Pink tide
Lula returns to power in Brazil, narrowly defeating Bolsonaro in the presidential election.
February 2022 A PEL delegation visited Cuba in February, demonstrating the party's support for the nation.
2021
Pink tide
Gabriel Boric wins the Chilean general election, becoming the new president of Chile.
2021
Pink tide
Pedro Castillo, a peasant union leader, is elected president of Peru on a socialist platform.
2021
Pink tide
Peru, Honduras, and Chile join the pink tide movement with left-wing election victories
2021
Socialism of the 21st century
Gabriel Boric was elected president of Chile, pledging to end the country's neoliberal economic model and declaring that 'If Chile was the cradle of neoliberalism, it will also be its grave.'
2021 Samantha Pree-Stinson won a seat on the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation using ranked-choice voting.
2021 Pat Noble won an uncontested election to the Red Bank Regional High School Board of Education in Monmouth County.
2021 Claudia Webbe was expelled from the Labour Party following a criminal conviction for harassment.
November 2021
Pink tide
Xiomara Castro is elected president of Honduras in the November general election.
October 22 2021 Socialist Party USA conducted its National Convention virtually from October 22-24, 2021, experiencing organizer challenges.
2020 MAS-IPSP was victorious again in the national elections, returning to power.
2020
Pink tide
Bolivia continues the pink tide resurgence with a left-wing election
2020
Pink tide
Luis Arce of the Movement for Socialism wins a landslide victory in the Bolivian general election.

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