Issue Jun 10-16 2026: A special Senate committee has been convened in Paraguay to analyze the issuance, commercialization, and use of higher education diplomas and degrees in the country. The committee, formed in the wake of a scandal involving the issuance of allegedly false degrees at the South American University in Asunción, will initiate a

Issue Jun 10-16 2026: Popular Force candidate Keiko Fujimori has widened her lead over Juntos por el Perú leader Roberto Sánchez in Peru’s presidential electoral run, garnering 50.113% of the vote totals according to the latest National Office of Electoral Process (ONPE) count. Fujimori’s share of these totals now exceeds Sánchez’s by 41,565 votes.

Issue Jun 10-16 2026: The National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) has significantly expanded its presence within Mexico’s political landscape.

Issue Jun 10-16 2026: In Colombia, polarization often marks the elections. Regardless of the outcome of the next vote, the government of Colombia will face many challenges.

Issue Jun 10-16 2026: The day after the government submitted amendments to the Universal Daycare bill, leaders from the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) stated their position on the proposal. The federation welcomed certain advances but simultaneously expressed reservations regarding how the benefit would be funded.

Issue Jun 03-09 2026: Voters in El Salvador remain strongly in favor of the ruling government as next year’s elections approach and see the current president, Nayib Bukele, as the strongest contender for the country’s next presidential mandate.

Issue Jun 03-09 2026: On June 9, a group of citizens gathered in front of Ecuador’s National Electoral Council (CNE), in northern Quito, to support an initiative to begin a process to annul President Daniel Noboa’s mandate.

Issue Jun 03-09 2026: According to a new report from the Observatory of Argentinian SME Industrialists, roughly 40,000 companies in the country will go out of business by the end of 2026 and 500,000 jobs will be lost.

Issue Jun 03-09 2026:  As Brazil’s 2026 presidential campaign takes shape, the Workers’ Party (PT) is attempting to strengthen its relationship with evangelical voters, a constituency that has traditionally been skeptical of the party.

Issue Jun 03-09 2026:  President Claudia Sheinbaum maintained that the protests and violent actions undertaken by the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE) can no longer be explained by legitimate demands from the teaching profession, given that the federal government has maintained a dialogue and promoted various measures to address their concerns.