–Researched and Written by Ella Swager—Issue Dec 01-31 2024: Paraguay’s ruling party, the Asociación Nacional Republicana, also known as the Colorado Party, is facing a crisis after a publicized disagreement between senators from different factions within the party. Basilio Núñez, Paraguay’s recently reelected President of the National Congress and Senate, approved a list of senators,

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: The Dominican Republic is emerging as a significant but understudied example of rising far-right influence in Latin America, marked by both governmental shifts and the growth of paramilitary organizations along with an increased social and general societal rightward shift, according to recent analysis of regional political trends.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: Andrés Manuel López Obrador exercised a neoliberal Populism.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: Evo Morales, who had previously been investigated for human trafficking, is facing legal charges for allegedly abusing a 15-year-old in 2016.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: The Peruvian Congress closed its last legislature of the year by approving laws that have generated controversy over their implications for the separation of powers, tax collection, police impunity, and the fight against organized crime.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: Bolivia’s economic crisis, a lack of confidence in its institutions, and the moral deterioration of its current administration are causing citizens to demonstrate and demand changes in the state’s administration.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: Recently, the term “democratic crisis” has been used in various democratic countries to reference the electoral victory of right-wing forces, even when it results from the will of the people expressed in free elections.