Issue Aug 27-Sep 02 2025: After the former president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, was released following a 12-year sentence for a bribery scandal, his case once again captures the attention of the country. Uribe’s legal battle places him in a unique position to hold on to political influence whether the court finds him innocent

Issue Aug 27-Sep 02 2025: Mexico has entered a “new era” by introducing the very first judges elected by popular vote.

Issue Aug 20-26 2025: Honduran President Xiomara Castro reaffirmed her commitment to holding “free, fair, and democratic” general elections on November 30th. “As Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I convey our commitment to free, fair, and democratic elections this November 30th. No more electoral fraud, no more coups d’état,” Castro declared.

Issue Aug 20-26 2025: The government of President Javier Milei finds itself in political crisis as numerous political scandals have unraveled its credibility.

Issue Aug 20-26 2025: According to the international human-rights organization Artículo 19, Mexico is witnessing a sharp rise in the use of legal processes to censure journalists and communications media, posing a newly ominous threat to free speech in the country.

Issue Aug 20-26 2025: August 2025 has become one of the most turbulent and defining months in recent Brazilian history, marked by political instability, economic uncertainty, and deepening polarization.

Issue Aug 20-26 2025: Social democracy could potentially prove beneficial in Chile, but the path towards it is not easy.

Issue Aug 20-26 2025: Bolivia’s general election on August 17 marked a turning point in the nation’s political trajectory, ending nearly two decades of dominance by the Movimiento al Socialismo. With a second round scheduled for October 19 between two right-wing contenders, the vote represents more than a change of government.

Issue Aug 20-26 2025: The left has won, lost, and won again in the polls of Brazil. Regardless of this fact, the social and political cost of the far-right’s victory in the midterms remains significant.

Issue Aug 13-19 2025: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his co-president and wife Rosa Murillo have extended their repression beyond the scope of those that they consider enemies, and have been jailing iconic Sandinista leaders, fellow political travelers, ex-guerrilla fighters, bureaucrats, public employees, and police officers in system-wide purges under the pretext that these individuals