Issue Sep 23-29 2026: Even as Colombian Centro Democrático Representative Daniel Briceño announced to that country’s Congress recently, “you will always find me defending the country’s productive apparatus,” his campaign was enjoying the benefits of a million-dollar contribution from a sector that is greatly interested in a project Briceño promotes: eliminating taxes on ultra-processed food

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: “A new far-right government will accelerate the collapse of democracy,” warned André Singer.

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: President Bernardo Arévalo defended his administration’s decision not to intervene directly in conflicts arising within various state institutions during a public speech held away from the press. He stated that doing so would have weakened the rule of law and democratic institutions.

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: Brazil is in a presidential election that arrives with the Supreme Federal Court mired in its worst institutional crisis since the return to democracy, the right’s candidate formally under investigation in the same case, and the two leading contenders tied within the margin of error in every poll.

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: Since the 2018 elections, there was an increase in the number of voters and the percentage of those who were registered within the age range of 18 to 29.