Issue Dec 01-31 2025: On December 14, 2025, the rightwing candidate José Antonio Kast was elected the next president of Chile, securing an overwhelming victory in the second-round election with nearly 59% of the vote against the 41% for Communist Jeannete Jara’s leftwing coalition. Verified by the Servicio Electoral de Chile (Servel), Kast’s lead of

Issue Nov 19-Dec 07 2025: On November 30, 2025, Hondurans went to the polls to elect their new president in a highly contested vote, held under pressure from the United States as President Donald Trump urged voters to back right-wing candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura, and threatened to cut aid to the country if Asfura lost.

Issue Nov 12-18 2025: On November 16, 2025, Chile held its general election in which eight candidates sought the presidency to succeed leftist Gabriel Boric. Leftist candidate Jeannette Jara edged out extreme conservative José Antonio Kast of the Partido Republicano to secure the top two spots, and now they will head toward the December 14

Issue Nov 05-11 2025: On November 9, 2025, the fourth summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) met in the Colombian city of Santa Marta, amid significant diplomatic friction and a noticeable lack of high-level engagement. The encounter was attended by only nine heads of state

Issue Oct 29-Nov 04 2025: In late October 2025, with his naval pressure on Venezuelan ships in the Caribbean (along with his multi-billion-dollar bailout of Javier Milei’s government in Argentina), U.S. President Donald Trump generated new worries about U.S. “gunboat diplomacy” and “Neo Imperialism” in Latin America. Editorialists and pundits weighed in.

Issue Oct 22-28 2025: On October 26, 2025, Argentine President Javier Milei’s La Libertad Avanza party (LLA) scored an unexpected victory in his nation’s legislative election. In the province of Buenos Aires, the Peronista heartland, he did much better than predicted, while securing over 40% of the vote nationwide to become the strongest force in

Issue Oct 15-21 2025: On October 19, 2025, Rodrigo Paz won the presidential runoff to become Bolivia’s next president. He secured 54.5% of the vote, defeating former right-wing President Jorge Tuto Quiroga, who received 45.4%. Paz’s victory put an end to 20 years of socialist governments in Bolivia. He previously served as a congressional deputy,

Issue 08-14 2025: On October 10, 2025, Peru’s one-chamber legislature removed Dina Boluarte from the presidency, citing her “permanent moral incapacity,” and installed Congress’s Speaker José Jerí as acting president just six months before the 2026 elections. Peru’s first female president, Boluarte had served for two years and ten months, having assumed office in late

Issue Oct 01-07 2025: On October 1, 2025, Claudia Sheinbaum completed her first year as president of Mexico with exceptionally high levels of support. Yet her first year in office was plagued by a series of scandals as well as challenges from drug trafficking, insecurity, corruption, and tensions with the United States. Pundits and editorialists

Issue Sep 24-30 2025: In late September 2025, protests intensified in Ecuador when the Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (CONAIE) continued its indefinite strike, which went into effect on September 22, against the Government of President Daniel Noboa. His administration eliminated government subsidies for diesel fuel. The government reiterated that it would not negotiate