Women and young people have dominated the recent elections of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) in the Dominican Republic.

Nicaraguan Vice-President Rosario Murrillo’s supposed “national debate” on the regulation of social media has solely involved government entities in an attempt to impose regulations on independent media and social media platforms.

At a lunch with troops from the General San Martín Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers, the president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, made a particularly awkward inaccurate reference to the history of Argentina’s independence leader, General San Martín, for whom the regiment is named.

Two weeks after the Salvadoran legislative elections, results are beginning to substantially materialize over who the official winner is.

On March 11, elections were held for congressional candidates in Colombia. However, there were some logistical and technical difficulties that have led some to question how effective democracy really is in representing the people.

In Cuba, more than 95% of the deputies who will take office in April are members of the “militant organizations:” the Communist Party (PCC) and the Union of Young Communists (UJC). However, only 65% of the Cuban population adheres to one of those parties.

Since 2003, four women have been elected president in Latin America: Michelle Bachelet of Chile, Christina Kirchner of Argentina, Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, and Laura Chinchilla of Costa Rica.

There has been backlash over a statement made about Mexican presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Mauricio Macri’s political party has long been known for not stepping up in the fight for women’s rights.

Cuban Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel, tapped to succeed President Raúl Castro, accused the U.S. of “resuming a Cold War rhetoric.”