Issue Jan 21-27 2026: Six weeks after the crushing defeat in the second round of the presidential election on December 14, 2025, at the hands of the far-right candidate José Antonio Kast (who won by a 16-percentage-point margin), the Chilean left has broken the fragile pragmatic unity it maintained around Gabriel Boric’s government and is

Issue Jan 14-20 2026: Laura Fernández, presidential candidate for the reigning Pueblo Soberano in Costa Rica, is supported by 40% of decided voters in the country for the upcoming elections in February of 2026.

Issue Jan 14-20 2026: The new president of the Revolución Ciudadana party (RC), Gabriela Rivadeneira, has not ruled out that organization’s ex-leader Luisa González as a potential candidate for the Manabí Prefecture for the 2027 local elections.

Issue Jan 14-20 2026: Argentinian politicians were submitted to a nationwide public opinion poll at the end of 2025 and the results were dismal.

Issue Jan 14-20 2026: This year will be dominated by the change of government and will be marked by fiscal fragility, geopolitical realignment, and relentless social pressure. If the Colombian economy could be personified, in 2026 it would look like an exhausted triathlete.

Issue Jan 14-20 2026: Chile’s President-elect José Antonio Kast has sparked strong controversy with the announcement of his incoming cabinet, appointing two former lawyers of dictator Augusto Pinochet to senior government roles.

Issue Jan 07-13 2026: Eight months from finishing his term, President Gustavo Petro revived the topic of presidential re-election. He did so this Tuesday, January 13th, on his social media platforms while addressing the current political situation in Venezuela and Nicaragua.

Issue Jan 07-13 2026: Economic insecurity, political disillusionment, and the influence of social media are reshaping how segments of Mexico’s younger generation relate to politics.

Issue Jan 07-13 2026: Right before the holiday break on December 16, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly fast-tracked two new changes to that country’s constitution, slashing the minimum budget guaranteeing autonomy to the judiciary and lengthening the term of magistrates serving on the Supreme Electoral Court. The reforms also reduced by two years the terms of

Issue Jan 07-13 2026: The Honduran armed forces have announced that they will continue “supporting the decision of the National Electoral Council (CNE)” with regard to the results of the general election, held on November 30, which gave the victory to conservative presidential candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura, who was publicly endorsed by U.S. President Donald