Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Venezuela ranks last among the 23 Latin American countries evaluated in the Chapultepec Index of Freedom of Speech and the Press, 2025. Together with Nicaragua, the South American nation, according to the report, is a country “without freedom of expression,” scoring only 7.02 points out a possible 100 in the wake

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Mexico’s electoral reform proposals represent a unique opportunity for the Sheinbaum government to decide whether it is in favor of doubling-down on existing authoritarian trends in the country or whether is it for reversing them.

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Historically, attempts in Colombia to build politically viable left-wing parties have faced nearly insurmountable hurdles, as is perhaps nowhere better exemplified than in the cases of the Unión Patriótica (UP), which was the target of unrelenting attacks from paramilitary groups operating with tacit consent of the state, and the Polo Democrático

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Peru’s presidential race is beginning to take clearer shape as the country approaches the April 12 general election, when more than 27 million voters are expected to cast ballots among 36 presidential candidates.

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: So far, Federal Police investigations indicate that the far right—alongside the *Centrão* (the political center-right bloc)—actively supported Banco Master. This fact undermines the claim, advanced by the mainstream press, that the scandal is non-partisan.