Women marched throughout Argentina on September 28, 2018, in support of the legalization of abortion in the country.

Public prosecutors of the Fiscalía de Delitos Electorales del Ministerio Público (MP) have made strong attempts to outline the facts surrounding Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales’ investigation for illicit electoral financing in 2015 so as to prove his guilt.

Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro had been accused of petty theft, concealment of property and explosive behavior in court documents from a previous marriage.

Nicaragua’s political and human rights crisis was met with action by the OAS that potentially open it up to international sanctions.

In Brazil, the current presidential election seems to bring about ingredients for authoritarian rule.

Large-scale, organized union protests and strikes against economic policies have rocked Mauricio Macri’s administration in Argentina. 

Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo expressed his opinion towards drug policy during a Global Commission on Drug Policy meeting. The ex-president stated that “prohibition should be eliminated and instead, we should have policies of regulation.”

As popular conceptions of the management of the Partido de la Social Democracia Brasileña (PSDB) falter, the centrist parties in the country stand at a precipice.

Former president Tony Saca and six others from the Arena party were sentenced for corruption on September 12, 2018.

Part of the continual protest and struggle that began in April, thousands of Nicaraguans gathered in Managua in Sunday, September 16, 2018, demanding the resignation of President Daniel Ortega and the immediate release of more than 300 political prisoners.