Issue Jun 12-18 2024: Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, recently voiced criticisms of various Latin American leaders, such as Argentina’s Javier Milei and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: Former Bolivian President and leader of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party, Evo Morales, asserted his eligibility for the 2025 presidential elections during a meeting in Villa Tunari.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: Not even two years into the current presidential term and with the first round of presidential elections in May 2026, fifty-five potential presidential candidates have emerged in Colombia.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: The Mexican elections on June 2nd forced voters to elect Claudia Sheinbaum as their only viable option.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Amid rising political tensions and economic instability in Bolivia, Julio Alvarado of the National Committee for the Defense of Democracy (Conade) has condemned Evo Morales for allegedly attempting to incite unrest to regain power, instead of advocating for peaceful dialogue and collaboration among all political forces to safeguard democracy.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Cuba’s National Electoral Council (CEN) will hold snap elections to fill vacant seats in the Municipal Assembly of People’s Power (AMPP), an unprecedented occurrence in the political body’s history.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Brazil’s public education system is chronically neglected by both the government and by civil society, with two prominent exceptions – during municipal elections, when spurious promises are made, later to be forgotten, and during strikes, when the media remembers the existence of educators just long enough to take turns denigrating them.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Opposition Presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia strongly rejected the agreement proposed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to recognize the results of the National Electoral Council (CNE) regarding the upcoming presidential elections on July 28.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo, a self-described leftist, is proposing that a new political party be formed.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: Brazil’s Environmental Minister Marina Silva blamed climate denialism for the “delay in the adoption of urgent measures” in response to global warming.