Issue Jun 10-16 2026: In mid-June 2026, pressure continued to mount on Argentine President Javier Milei’s Cabinet chief Manuel Adorni after he admitted that he had omitted U.S. $500,000 from his asset declarations, prompting a fresh opposition complaint and criticism from allies of Milei’s government. Lawmakers from opposition Coalición Cívica party filed a criminal complaint

Issue Jun 03-09 2026: Days after the June 7, 2026, second-round presidential election, Peruvians waited for a final count. With 98.22 percent of the tally sheets processed, Keiko Fujimori held 50.003 percent of the vote against Roberto Sánchez’s 49.997 percent, according to data that the Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales (ONPE) published on its website.

Issue May 27-Jun 02 2026: In Colombia’s general elections on May 31, 2026, the right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella pulled out a surprise first round victory in the presidential contest over favorite leftist Senator Iván Cepeda. De la Espriella, a right-wing millionaire lawyer who vows to wield an iron fist against narco gangs, took

Issue May 20-26 2026: On May 20, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice filed formal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro and five other Cuban military officers on counts of murder, conspiracy to murder U.S. citizens, and destruction of aircraft, in connection with February 24, 1996, downing of two civilian planes operated by the

Issue May 13-19 2026: In mid-May 2026, the center of La Paz saw a three-hour pitched battle as thousands of miners and campesinos clashed with police forces who were trying to prevent their entry to Plaza Murillo. Protesters threw dynamite charges at the police, who responded with tear gas. The Army, deployed around the square

Issue May 06-12 2026: The final vote count confirmed that when Peru holds its presidential runoff on June 7, 2026, Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), will stand against Roberto Sánchez, a congressman and self-proclaimed political heir of Pedro Castillo, the rural school teacher who reached the presidency in 2021 and is

Issue Apr 22-May 05 2026: In the weeks following the April 18, 2026 meeting of Latin American leftist and progressive leaders in Barcelona during the “IV Cumbre en Defensa de la Democracia,” columnists and pundits in Latin America asked some rather pointed, though conflicting, questions about what leftist leaders, governments, and opposition leaders really bring to

Issue Apr 15-21 2026: In the weeks after Peru’s April 12, 2026 general election, Peruvians continued to wait for the count to reveal who would face Keiko Fujimori in the June 7 presidential runoff. Leftist Roberto Sánchez and ultraconservative Rafael López Aliaga were battling vote-for-vote for second place, with Sánchez holding a slight lead of

Issue Apr 08-14 2026: On Sunday, April 12, 2026, Peruvians went to the polls for their general election. They were looking to choose the 10th president in ten years, but more than 50,000 voters were unable to cast their ballots due to logistical failures, so voting was extended to Monday, April 13. What is more,

Issue Apr 01-07 2026: Problems continued to mount for Javier Milei’s Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorni, who is facing mounting questions over his finances after journalistic investigations uncovered inconsistencies, unexplained asset growth, and dubious transactions. Added to Milei’s ongoing $LIBRA crypto currency scandal, as well as economic complications blamed on his libertarian economic policies, the