Colombian political parties consistently fail to elect a president of their choosing, and this election year is no different. As the right/left polarization grows, voters are increasingly choosing parties that clearly identify themselves on that spectrum.

“They spoke of God, but what they ordered was lead,” Azhálea Solís said of the Nicaraguan government, commenting on the recent state violence in Masaya, Chinandega, and Matagalpa which led to the deaths of more than 50 protesters of the Ortega-Murillo regime.

2018 represents a transitory period for right wing politics in Guatemala, with the deaths of former presidents Álvaro Arzú and Efraín Ríos Montt both occurring in April of this year. 

Chile Vamos’s two months of governance have been pervaded by internal dissension, primarily between Evópoli and RN-UDI, partly resulting from Evópoli’s proposal to regulate the contracting of relatives in public administrations after the “failed appointment of Pablo Piñera as ambassador in Argentina.”

The government of Dilma Rousseff ended on May 12, 2016, when the Senate removed her from office through impeachment. That of her successor, Michel Temer, ended 370 days later, with the outbreak of the scandal over recordings made by businessman Joesley Batista and JBS’s money bags.

It is a dark time for Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his governing coalition, Cambiemos.

A Brazilian general recently expressed his concern for democracy in his country, but not without backlash.

The assassination of a controversial witness in several cases against high profile politicians produced strong reactions from many leaders, including former president Álvaro Uribe.

—Written by Sarah Simon– Forty-six-year-old Mario Abdo Benítez, “Marito,” of Paraguay’s Colorado Party won the April 22 presidential election with just over 46% of the vote, while his centrist opponent Efraín Alegre earned 43%. Voters also cast ballots for a new parliament and governors of the country’s 17 departments.

Evangelical churches have surpassed their history as marginal religious institutions in Latin America to become main protagonists in Latin American political debates regarding topics such as gay marriage.