Issue Sep 03-09 2025: On September 7, 2025, Argentine President Javier Milei’s ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) party suffered a massive blow in the midterm elections in the province of Buenos Aires at the hands of his chief rivals in the Fuerza Patria, the name under which the Kirchnerista-Peronismo coalition participated in the contest. Voter

Issue Aug 27-Sep 02 2025: On August 27, 2025, Senators Gerardo Fernández Noroña, from the ruling Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional (Morena) bloc, and Alejandro Moreno, from the opposition Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), engaged in an embarrassing scene during which verbal confrontation ended in a physical clash, as they slapped at and shoved each other, as well

Issue Aug 20-26 2025: On August 22, 2025, the leaders of eight South American nations met in Colombia for the 5th Summit of Amazonian Countries with calls for the protection of the forest they share. They approved the Bogotá Declaration, a document that established a unified position for COP30, scheduled for November 10-21, 2025, in

Issue Aug 13-19 2025: On August 17, 2025, after almost two decades of rule by the Movimiento Al Socialismo or MAS in Bolivia, voters sent two right-leaning candidates to Bolivia’s presidential election run-off on October 19, 2025. Opposition senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the Partido Demócrata Cristiano led with 32%, followed by former President Jorge

Issue Aug 01-12 2025: On August 7, 2025, Colombian President Gustavo Petro intensified a diplomatic conflict with Peru by accusing it of violating border treaties over the disputed sovereignty of Santa Rosa de Yavarí Island, located in the Amazon River. Indeed, Petro accused Peru of illegally appropriating Colombian territory. Peru’s President, Dina Boluarte, “categorically” rejected

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: In July 2025, Brazil and the United States escalated their quarrel over U.S. President Donald Trump’s support for ex-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, accused of attempting a coup after losing his reelection bid.

Jun 25-Jul 01 2025:  On June 29, 2024, Communist activist and former Labor Minister Jeannette Jara won the Chilean ruling coalition’s presidential primary, defeating Carolina Tohá, and lesser challenges from Gonzalo Winter and Jaime Mulet. Jara’s victory, following intense internal negotiations, made her the candidate in the November presidential election for the Unidad Por Chile

Issue Jun 18-24 2025: In recent months, the question of censorship in Mexico has become a dominant topic and target of criticism against the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum and of state governments under the ruling Morena party’s control, which have attempted to pass laws that seem to be focused on restricting journalism. The president

Issue Jun 12-17 2025: Former President of Nicaragua, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, died on June 14, 2025, at the age of 95. She was the first woman elected president in the Americas. She moved from Managua to San José, Costa Rica, in October 2023 to be near her four children, who live in exile because

Issue Jun 01-11 2025: On June 10, 2025, the many legal battles of former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner came to a head when her corruption conviction was finalized by Argentina’s Supreme Court. CFK, as she is known, will spend the next six years in detention with a lifelong ban on public office after