Chilean President Sebastián Piñera said he has ”more experience, maturity, awareness of uniting Chileans,” as well as “greater humility to listen” with “ears that are more attentive.”

In late February, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro issued a decree that demoted 13 top officials of his country’s army and stripped them of decorations.

Dire economic conditions in Venezuela have prompted mass emigration from the country. Many have fled to the capital of the state of Roraima in Brazil.

With 2019’s presidential elections looming ahead, El Salvador’s ruling party, the Frente Farabundo Martí (FMLN), suffered its worst electoral defeat in its 25 year history.

South America hasn’t had a hyperinflation crisis now for around three decades, until now in Venezuela, and there´s no hope in sight unless radical policy changes or regime changes are made, (which is how it is usually dealt with).

With more at stake and more incentive to vote, analysts predict that voting rates in this year’s Mexican elections will certainly increase as compared to years prior.

Kenji Fujimori, Peruvian congressman and brother of former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, has left Fuerza Popular, the political party headed by his sister.

In an attempt to discreetly reconcile the “great wear and tear” caused by the scandal of the Odebrecht case, President Danilo Medina recently announced new projects involving infrastructure and various social areas.

Leading up to Mexico’s elections in July, no major party has an enthusiastic following large enough to win the presidency.

President-elect Sebastián Piñera appointed 15 mayors and the presidential delegate of the next Región de Ñuble, who will assume their positions in his administration.