Tensions continue to rise between the executive and legislative branches of Peru as President Martín Vizcarra appointed his second cabinet minister in just two weeks.

On July 22, 2020, the media released the news that the National Council of Justice (CNJ) initiated a request for measures allowing Labor Judge Valdete Souto Severo, of TRT 4, to provide information about an article published online entitled, “Why it is possible to talk about genocidal politics in Brazil in 2020.”

For the first time in the history of Colombia, a former president – Álvaro Uribe – has been imprisoned by court order.

President of the Chilean Commission for Human Rights Carlos Margotta T. denounced the Chilean government for its use of violent repression to respond to social demands.

President Alberto Fernández recently closed a deal between private investors and the national government to restructure Argentina’s foreign debt.

The coronavirus pandemic has revealed how the balance of power in Colombia is merely an illusion.

A new report from the Paraguayan Comisión de Verdad y Justicia (CVJ) provided evidence that, under the dictatorial regime of Alfredo Stroessner from 1954 until 1989, roughly eight million hectares of land were allocated illegally.

On August 6th, Bolivia celebrated the 195th anniversary of independence.

Depending on what the Second Panel of the Supreme Court decides in the upcoming months, it might be possible for the current president Jair Bolsonaro, ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and ex-judge Sérgio Moro to run in the next elections.

–Researched and Written by Sofia Hiltner— On July 23, 2020, Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) postponed the country’s presidential election—for the third time. After postponing the election scheduled for May 3 due to public health concerns, interim president Jeanine Añez rescheduled elections for September 6, citing political pressure to hold elections as soon as possible