With the general elections established for the 3rd of May, Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) has published a list of candidates with a mix of various new names and old actors, including the self-exiled ex-president Evo Morales, who was central to the 2019 electoral controversy that provoked violence and necessitated the new elections.

In Brazil, it is becoming apparent that most people believe that religion and politics do not mix well.

On May 3, Bolivia will hold its national elections in which Luis Arce Catacora, the former Minister of Economy from Evo Morales’ administration, will run as the candidate for the Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) party.

Leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Juan Guaidó, spoke to thousands of supporters in Miami about derailing the ‘dictatorship’ in Venezuela.

Former banker and Nicaraguan ambassador, Álvaro Robelo González, plans to relaunch his movement Arriba Nicaragua as a political opposition movement for Nicaraguan exiles against Daniel Ortega.

The Chamber of Deputies announced that there is a plan to create a constitutional critique against the decision made by the INE (National Electoral Institute) to continue earning more than the President of the Republic.

2019 saw a variety of crises in the realm of politics across many Latin American countries and during the elections of 2020, more of the effects of these institutional changes will be seen.

Marilza Barbosa is a Brazilian human rights activist who lives and works in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro called Morro do Sossego.

An analysis was conducted on the incomes of the Peruvian Congressional candidates.

Through political advertisements featuring young people and popular music, Dominican political parties try to attract people from 18-30 years old based on studies that say that voters in that age group could swing the 2020 elections on the island.