Issue Jan 18-24 2023: On January 24, 2023, the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC, took place in Buenos Aires. Since CELAC’s creation in December of 2011 in Caracas, many Latin Americans have dreamed that it could displace the Organization of American States, which they claim is merely

Issue Jan 11-17 2023: In mid-January 2023, roughly a month and a half after the ouster of President Pedro Castillo, Peru continued to suffer widespread and often violent protests that were met by equally or more violent repression by the nation’s security forces. More than 40 Peruvians had been killed in the clashes. The fledgling

Issue Jan 01-10 2023: On January 1, 2023, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took the oath of office as President for a third time in Brasilia. One week later, on Sunday January 8, thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court, and Presidential Palace, breaking windows, ransacking, and reportedly, defecating.

Issue Dec 01-31 2022: On December 7, 2022, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo attempted to dissolve Congress (which was trying -for a third time- to remove him from office). He also declared that he was creating a provisional government, instituting a nation-wide curfew, and would rule by decree while he waited for new elections and the

Issue Nov 16-30 2022: In a move that people across the ideological spectrum expected, on November 24, 2022, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party (PL) called for a partial annulment of the October 30, 2022, presidential runoff election in which opposition candidate and former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of the Workers’ Party (PT)

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP27 (held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6 to November 18), coming soon after the reelection of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president of Brazil, generated much news and debate about environmental issues in Latin America. The mood was dark and the warnings dire.

Issue Nov 02-08 2022: The reelection of Luis Inácio Lula da Silva for a third term as president of Brazil on October 30, 2022, quite predictably spurred political observers around Latin America to scrutinize the leftward direction so many countries in the region have taken in recent years. Those who took up their pens were

Issue Oct 26-Nov 01 2022: On October 30, 2022, in Brazil’s second round election, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated (by a very narrow margin) incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro to win a third term as president. One of the living icons of the Latin American left, the 77-year-old Lula won with 50.9% of the

Issue Oct 19-25 2022: In late October 2022, migrants continued to trek out of Venezuela, hoping to resettle in the United States or other Latin American countries. Many still attempt the perilous trip north, marching through the dangerous Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama, despite efforts by Guatemala and Mexico to impede their progress. What

In mid-October 2022, Patricia Benavides, Peru’s Fiscal de la Nación or Attorney General, brought a constitutional complaint against President Pedro Castillo that formally accused him of leading a criminal organization within his government. The Peruvian president, who took office in July of 2021, has already faced three requests for dismissal in Congress. Castillo, who along