Isabel Allende Bussi, the Socialist Party senator, first woman president of the Senate, and daughter of the murdered president said President Bachelet is “an extremely honest person who has dedicated her life to politics,” and despite her personal issues with her son and the accusations against him, she must lead the way. 

“Simple and elegant as usual,” the sociologist Fernando Henrique Cardoso (who was president of Brazil from 1995 to 2002 for the PSDB and not a huge PT fan) clearly pointed out that “there is no justification” for a campaign of impeachment against President Dilma Rousseff. 

The Colombian political Left is showing its traditional talent for divisiveness. 

“Almost everyone” wants to find that sweet spot on “the moderate Left” heading into the presidential election. 

Cuba’s leaders are committed to updating the nation’s economic and social model to promote economic growth, allowing for the diversification of property ownership and market elements, but maintaining social and political stability along with a degree of central planning.