Famed Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa presented his book “The Outbreak of Populism” in Chile, which, according to Axel Kaiser, the Executive Director of the Foundation for Progress, continues Vargas Llosa’s lifelong preoccupation with the threats to liberal democracy.

With the country still reeling in the aftermath of Central Mexico’s latest earthquake, which left over 300 civilians dead and thousands more injured, many are starting to question whether more could have been done to prevent such vast destruction.

The location where Pope Francis is scheduled to officiate mass in Peru is causing concern among the Church’s faithful, but this is “only the tip of the iceberg of a much larger struggle within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.”

The atmosphere before the elections in Argentina is tense as the nation grapples with Mauricio Macri’s presidency during which Santiago Maldonado disappeared, Mapuche leader Milagro Sala was arrested, and economic policy changed rapidly.