Issue Aug 01-12 2025: The path to absolute power initiated in Venezuela by Hugo Chávez, and consolidated by Nicolás Maduro, is now being followed by Nayib Bukele with his own tools, a great deal of populism, and social media as an unstoppable force.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: On July 28th, justice prevailed when it was proved that not even the president was above the law. President Álvaro Uribe became the first former president of Colombia to be criminally convicted, sentenced to a 12-year sentence of house arrest.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: The government of Dina Boluarte is displaying signs of deep unpopularity amidst a period of political crisis and rising crime. This situation has placed Boluarte’s administration at a 4% public approval rating, the lowest recorded since the country’s return to democracy.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: The approaching general elections in Bolivia will be consequential in deciding the country’s presidential cabinet and its lawmakers. These elections, which are being conducted amidst Bolivia’s worst economic crisis in four decades, will decide if the ruling party will lose its power after nearly two decades.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: Jeannette Jara of the Chilean Communist Party won the leftist primary in the presidential race, not only because of her credentials or her management, but because she has redefined the terms of the political cleavage: no longer between right and left, but between the people and the elite.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: An interview with Moisés Naím, former minister of Venezuela and World Bank director, discussed the deterioration of democracy worldwide.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: As access to information changes, so do federal and subnational governments.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: After eight months of holding him in “provisional detention,” the Villa Clara Prosecutor’s Office finally submitted a request for sanctions against journalist and 14ymedio contributor José Gabriel Barrenechea to the Villa Clara Provincial Court.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave a forceful speech defending his administration’s fiscal reform proposals aimed at increasing taxes on the wealthiest Brazilians.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: The new president of Panama’s National Assembly was elected on July 1 as political tensions flared in the Assembly and as demonstrators—including teachers, Indigenous activists, and construction workers—gathered outside to voice their concerns about such hot-button topics as the new Law 462, which impacts the Central American country’s social security