When Rosario Murillo refers to the enemies of the Ortega-Murillo regime as “termites” set against the loyal “frogs,” are these signs of politics deteriorating into mere tribalism or the curses of an increasingly impotent government?

The right-wing electoral coalition recently unveiled its plan for education, which drew sharp criticism from the head of an association of public educators.

After the presidential election in 2015, many felt Mauricio Macri would change politics in Argentina as the first non-Radical or Peronist President. He has not met these expectations and showed trends of past politicians.

With two thirds of the deputies present, Venezuela’s National Assembly approved the appointment of nine of the eleven deputies who will be part of the preliminary commission, as the first step in appointing the nine rectors of the National Electoral Council.

The Special Multiparty Commission in Honduras has decided small political parties will no longer get a seat at the voting table, where the country’s political parties oversee decisions of voting policy.

Claudia López of the Alianza Verde (Green Alliance) party won the race for mayor of Bogotá with 35.21 % of the vote. Political alliances proved to be more important in the race than her political agenda.

“Here we are, this is what we are, this is what we did and we won’t lose,” said the leader of the Frente Amplio (FA) coalition to a crowd before presidential candidate Martín Martínez spoke on October 24.

–Written by Nicholas Stephen J. Moore— The latest in a series of controversies from Brazil’s President Bolsonaro comes as he uploaded an edited documentary video of a solitary lion being attacked by a pack of hyenas.

After Evo Morales was declared the victor of a deeply contested election, Bolivia is headed for social-political collapse unless Morales and the opposition can collaborate on a solution to the electoral crisis.

In Nicaragua, leftist political groups continue to grow their grassroots support to battle the political influence of the right.