During an address to the Legislative Assembly, Argentinian President Alberto Fernández declared a new initiative that “establishes state assistance to pregnant women in vulnerable situations.”

Protesters took to the streets in the Dominican Republic after municipal elections were suspended amid accusations of fraud, vote-buying, and manipulation by public officials.

–-Written by Aaron Freeman— News media across Latin America have been reporting on the revival of social protests and the property damage resulting from violence involving protesters and police. More than 50 people and police have been injured since the protests in Viña del Mar, while President Sebastián Piñera’s public image and confidence in Chile’s

Luis Arce, the presidential candidate of Bolivia for the MAS party, leads in the polls for the upcoming election on May 3, 2020.

On February 16th, the Central Electoral Board suspended municipal elections due to failures in automated voting. These system failures meant ballots were not counted.

With disappointing regional elections and President Ivan Duque’s low approval ratings on their minds, members of the Centro Democrático, Colombia’s ruling party, question the president’s leadership, deepening divides that just a few years ago were not so clear.

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador spoke out against the politicians and opposition deputies from the Legislative Assembly during his recent public appearance with leaders from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on February 20.

In Peru, the results of recent congressional elections have shown political division in the country.

The residents of the Dominican Republic are experiencing an outbreak of clashes and violence ahead of municipal elections. These clashes have left at least seven injured in various districts across the country.

On February 15, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó discovered that his uncle was arrested and accused of “transporting explosive material in a flight.”