Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s exploitation of the Amazon rainforest could be cause for prosecution in the International Criminal Court by French lawyers, as a crime against humanity, and companies that help his project could be considered complicit.

–Written by Caleb Sabatka– Bolivian President Evo Morales claims that the controversial campaign promises made to “achieve 100% voting in Morochata were misinterpreted.” According to PáginaSIETE of La Paz, Article 119 of the Ley de Régimen Electoral states that propaganda that implies the “offering of money or a prebend of any kind” is prohibited. Yerko

On June 17, the Mexican Government presented Agenda 2030, an agreement approved in 2015 by 193 members of the United Nations that aims to transform the world by promoting “sustained and inclusive economic growth, social development and environmental protection.”

Óscar Andrade, a candidate for the presidency of the predominant Uruguayan political group, the Frente Amplio, spoke on an act of the 1808 List, in which cultural proposals drafted by the group were presented.

After suffering from the worst election results in its history, the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional party (FMLN) will hold a referendum to elect new leadership.

José Huerta, a politician who supervises the day to day operations of the Chilean Subsecretary of Telecommunications, has been accused as having more power and influence in the organization than the actual leader of the institution, Pamela Gidi.

Fundamental themes have arisen in Argentina; the disappearance of two historic political parties and the Supreme Court ruling on wiretapping.

The leader of the Frente Renovador alliance and candidate for the Chamber of Deputies, Sergio Massa, arrived at the first official meeting with presidential candidate Alberto Fernández with polls he commissioned days earlier.

–Researched and written by Aaron Freeman— The Civil Self-Defense Patrols (PAC) were a paramilitary organization during the mid-late stages of the 1960-1996 armed conflict in Guatemala. While their controversial human rights record is making headlines, they have mobilized as part of a political action and lobbying association, and they have their presidential candidate—Estuardo Galdámez of

Thelma Cabrera has inspired hope in indigenous and rural populations while evoking deep fears in others, bringing Guatemala face-to-face with the ghosts of its past.