While the Olympics was still stealing the spotlight, Brazilian politics went back to normal with the end of recess in Congress and the election of a new president for the Chamber of Deputies. However, ‘normality’ encompasses a government plagued by disunity within political parties and an uncertain future.

As the lines are blurred between political organizers and religious figures in Argentina, religion has become a space of resistance.

Various left-wing governments in Latin America, purportedly agents of change, have recently been acting defensively.