Emir Sader argued in Página/12 of Buenos Aires that the new century “has not been particularly favorable to the right in Latin America.” 

Luís Fernando Verissimo observed in O Globo of Rio de Janeiro that “all utopias imagined up until the present day have ended in dystopias, or at least contained a fatal defect.” 

In El Tiempo of Bogotá Daniel Samper Pizano argued that the announcement by President Juan Manuel Santos that he will seek reelection “puts official robes on a situation that was wearing a sweatshirt.” 

Juan Pablo Proal argued in Proceso Magazine of Mexico City that President Enrique Peña  Nieto has not lived up to his own rhetoric. 

Sadio Garavini Di Durno lamented in Prensa Libre of Guatemala City that after 15 years of the highest sustained oil revenues in its history, Venezuela is experiencing

El País of Montevideo editorialized that “we have reached such a level of savagery in our society that nothing surprises.” 

Maite Azuela lamented in El Universal of Mexico City that despite the recommendation of the UN, which encouraged the government of Mexico to ratify educational reform

PáginaSIETE of La Paz editorialized that in Bolivia “almost half of women elected to office (as city council members) claim to have been victims of violence and political harassment, aggressiveness, and abuse” in regards to their official functions. 

So argues James Neilson in the Buenos Aires Herald.  Ever since Sergio Massa emerged on the scene as a presidential contender people have been wondering “what exactly does he stand for?” 

That’s what David Jessop wonders in DominicanToday of Santo Domingo.  In February of this year Cuba’s President, Raúl Castro, said that he will step down in 2018.