Mexico was already poor, unequal, corrupt and full of structural problems, like widespread violence, even before the arrival of the coronavirus, which infected nearly 47,144 people in the country.

The political participation of women has increased in Colombia, in part due to laws since 2014 requiring gender quotas. Women now must occupy at least 30% of the highest level positions.

Alberto Fernández and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recently co-hosted a virtual conference on the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for Latin America.

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales has been a refugee in Argentina for the past seven months, but he remains active in his country’s politics.

A coalition opposed to the leadership of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo aims to expand throughout Nicaragua.

With Evo Morales ousted from government last fall, Bolivia’s new Minister of Defense, Fernando López, claims that ex-president and leader of MAS political party, Evo Morales, helped only high ranking generals and not the armed forces themselves.

In a recent report, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported that only nine people passed away from COVID-19 in the previous week, when in reality there were at least 100 deaths reported by just seven of the “Sentry Hospitals” that are authorized by the government to treat the virus.

Defying their country’s national lockdown orders, representatives of Panama’s Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) recently met inside a restaurant for a group lunch.

On June 15, President Lenín Moreno signed Decree 1074, renewing the state of emergency first declared on March 16.

With Venezuelan elections right around the corner, the world watches as reports of constitutional violations bring attention to the Bolivarian Republic.