Mexico’s first presidential debate for the 2018 elections was held on Sunday, April 22.

Testimony from key witnesses provided further evidence that President Jimmy Morales asked for money from private businesses to “defend the vote” during his presidential campaign.

In his first interview with Salvadoran media, José Luis Merino, better known by his pseudonym Ramiro Vásquez, discussed the future of the Salvadoran socialist movement and the FMLN, a socialist guerrilla group turned political party to which he belongs.

Luis Barrionuevo of the Partido Justicialista, known as the Peronistas, recently appointed two new members to his entourage.

The near future sees Guatemala participating in a referendum surrounding its dispute with Belize, as well as the naming of a new Attorney General. With corruption running rampant in the realm of Guatemalan politics, tensions, and distrust are high.

It isn’t merely the entrance of a new candidate into Mexico’s presidential race which raises red flags, but the negative impact of the decision to let him run.

As crowds of abortion supporters rallied in the streets, Argentina’s Congress began discussing the full legalization of abortion.

Political scientist Bolívar Lamounier claims the imprisonment of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the result of a legitimate process.

A bill proposed by Senator Felix Bautista that strips the legal power of the Ministry of Women on the prevention of gender violence and transfers it instead to the Attorney General of the Republic was met with extreme disapproval.

Raúl Castro, Cuban president and brother of the late Fidel Castro, is preparing to resign and cede power to a new president. The Castro reign is finally coming to an end, but little will likely change in Cuba.