Reports and interviews with the representatives of the Organization of American States indicate that the votes to invoke the Inter-American Democratic Charger against Nicaragua are essentially guaranteed, depending if Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador votes in favor.

While former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto was quick to criticize Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro during times of political scandal, newly elected Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has chosen the complete opposite approach.

Situated between the two largest producers of cocaine in the world, Ecuador has begun to pay more serious attention to its northern borderlands as narcotics-related violence begins to affect its citizens near the Colombian border.

The former president of the Venezuelan parliament and fugitive, Julio Borges, calls for the governments of Latin America to cooperate in helping to eject President Nicolás Maduro from power.

President of Mexico Andrés Manual López Obrador insists that his government’s decision not to sign the recent statement from Grupo de Lima regarding Venezuela was not one of friendliness, but an act of non-intervention aimed at allowing other countries to determine their own politics.

El Grupo de Lima (the Lima Group) announced from the Peruvian capital that it would not recognize Nicolás Maduro’s government in Venezuela if he assumes his new term on January 10.

–Researched and written by Heidi Specht— Brazil is now facing repercussions after the Cuban government announced the decision to remove 8,332 doctors from the “More Doctors” program in November 2018, following derogatory statements made by Brazilian President-Elect Jair Bolsonaro. Upon the professionals’ return to Cuba, Brazil has had to deal with replacing thousands of vacancies

–Researched and written by Naomi Clear— Under President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela has been in an economic crisis that sent inflation rates skyrocketing and created food, power, and medicine shortages. Countless Venezuelans are faced with a situation where their wages, once enough to cover their living expenses, are now worth practically nothing. This severe crisis has

–Researched and written by Kiano Emami— Venezuelan society continues to suffer through the regime of Nicolás Maduro. As the country’s entire economy falters and the government oppresses Maduro’s opposition, critics further expose the flaws of Maduro’s dictatorial policies while calls for action against Venezuela increase in Latin America. Both factors have further exposed the Venezuelan dictatorship’s

–Researched and written by Aaron Freeman—  While the Chilean Executive has been warm and open with Bolsonaro’s incoming administration, Chileans have expressed concern for the future of liberal democratic values, multilateralism, and Chilean leadership in the region.