The Mexican political party, Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), is searching for the candidate that will represent them in the presidential elections and will compete against opposing candidate, Andrés Miguel López Obrador.

In a further step of the government’s communication policy strategy, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich spoke of the violent repression in the south that culminated in a Mapuche’s death.

One year after the death of Fidel Castro, the fulfillment of his last wish stands out. There is not a single public place that evokes his name. Not a monument, not a street, not a museum, not a baseball stadium.

With the Brazilian elections on the horizon and former president Lula posing a real threat to the current administration, Michel Temer seems to be coming up with new ways to remove his rival from the presidential race.

Rafael Correa, former president of Ecuador, returns to Ecuador, creating tension within the Country Alliance Party. 

An agreement with the Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) was reached that would obligate political parties to list female candidates first on lists of plurinominal candidates for senate or Camara de Diputados in 12 out of 28 districts in which women are the majority.

With presidential and parliamentary elections just around the corner, political polls are a common fixture in Chile and, for more than a year, they have shown a common trend.

In 2006, Eduardo Montealegre and José Rizo were unable to unite, facilitating the victory of the FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front).

After achieving a majority of the parliamentary vote, PEC 181/2011 (Proposal for an Amendment to the Constitution, no. 181) is now in the hands of the House plenary assembly.

The Guatemalan government ruled in favor of a law against terrorism, which seeks, among other things, to expand the penalties for using terror as a coercion to obtain benefit.