For years, Mexican government officials have made deals with narco-traffickers in which they turn a blind eye to criminal activity in order to maintain peace and stability.

Right-wingers in Colombia are pushing for military intervention against president Maduro of Venezuela.

Mainstream media in Brazil says far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is likely to win over the leftist Workers’ Party candidate, Fernando Haddad.

Missteps by Argentinian President Mauricio Macri in regards to foreign policy are adding up, and becoming increasingly dangerous as the political situation in Brazil becomes more uncertain.

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.