Since the early stages of the Cold War, Latin America has become a region synonymous with the death and destruction that resulted from continuous clashes between communist and fascist regimes.

The revolutionary ideals that brought Daniel Ortega to power in Nicaragua in 1985 are no longer relevant, and are in fact contributing to the unrest and dystopian nature of the country today.

Peruvian women are not getting enough representation in government, especially at the local level.

The Bolivian economy’s newest endeavor provides an opportunity for sustained growth in the country.

The world’s democracies are facing a period of crisis resulting from the people’s declining confidence in political parties and the government’s capacity to manage the new social problems that have arisen with globalization.

Every time the economy takes a downturn, the primary people affected are those with precarious unemployment, or in secondary labor markets, which in practice means a feminization of poverty.

Progressive neoliberalism can exist in Latin America, but it will take a different form than in North America, due to several important distinctions between the two continents.

“After the debacle of corruption, attrition, and little legitimacy of the right and the left… ¿What is next and where are we now?”

At a rally on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, Secretary General of the Organization of American State (OAS), Luis Almagro warned that no option should be ruled in dealing with Venezuela’s crisis.

According to the World Bank (WB), an indigent person is someone who lives on less than two dollars a day, having insufficient access to cover the basic food, housing, health, and education needs.