Issue Jan 15-21 2025: With the second inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States in January 2025, Latin American nations examined and evaluated his pledges to deport millions of Latin Americans living illegally in the country while militarizing, and even closing, the border with Mexico. Commentators across the region scrutinized Trump’s plans

Issue Jan 08-14 2025: On January 10, 2025, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took the oath of office for a third term. The ceremony was condemned as illegitimate by both the opposition and most of the international community; the United States has offered a $25 million dollar reward for his arrest. Maduro ignored the objections to

Issue Jan 01-07 2025: In the first week of January 2025, Edmundo González Urrutia, standard-bearer of the Venezuelan opposition coalition Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD), traveled the region to demonstrate international solidarity for his claim to the Venezuelan presidency. On July 28, 2024, he competed in the presidential election against the current Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro,

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: During December 2024 Brazilians felt on edge politically. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva needed emergency surgery to relieve pressure from bleeding under his skull, which only heightened questions about how fit their 79-year-old leader is to continue with his duties, not to mention worries surrounding a possible fourth term. What is

Issue Nov 15-30 2024: On November 24, 2024, Uruguay elected Yamandú Orsi of the Frente Amplio (FA) as its next president in the second-round contest, returning the left to power after five years of conservative rule. Orsi received 49.8% of the vote over the 45.9% garnered by Álvaro Delgado of the Partido Nacional, with a

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: In early November 2024, commentators around Latin America and across the political spectrum gamed out what they see as the likely implications for the region during the second Trump administration.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: Despite being barred from running again, former President Evo Morales of Bolivia wants to challenge President Luis Arce, his former ally, for the nomination of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party in August 2025. To that end, Morales’ supporters have held the country hostage with a series of blockades, during

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: On Sunday, October 27, 2024, Uruguayans went to the polls to elect the president and vice president for the 2025-2030 period, as well as the 30 seats in the Senate and the 99 in the House of Representatives. The contest witnessed high turnout, with over 90% of Uruguay’s 2.7 million eligible

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: On October 18, 2024, Cuba’s electrical system completely collapsed as the country’s main thermoelectric plant failed. The country was largely without power for more than four days. Cuban authorities attributed the current crisis to a collection of factors well-known to most Cubans, namely the deterioration of the electrical energy infrastructure, fuel

Issue Oct 09-15 2024: Colombian electoral authorities of the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) launched an inquiry into President Gustavo Petro’s 2022 campaign for allegedly overstepping financing caps en route to the Casa de Nariño. Petro responded, as he has in the past, that a “soft” coup d’état is afoot. The president maintains that such investigations