The recent mass killing of prisoners in an Amazonian penitentiary has received more global attention than the Brazilian government’s transfer of power did in August 2016.

Following accusations of involvement in violence and looting, PRI leader Enrique Ochoa Reza rejected any party ties to the chaos, accusing Morena leader Andrés López Obrador and PRD President Alejandra Barrales of taking advantage of the complex situation.

–Researched and written by Kristen Murray On February 19th, 2017, the citizens of Ecuador will be tasked with choosing the new faces of their government.

–Researched and written by Joseph Shir Now that the dust has settled and Fidel’s ashes are resting in Santiago, Cuba finds itself at a crossroads. After the death of Cuba’s intensely polarizing revolutionary and longest serving leader, the rest of the world is waiting to see what the future has in store for the island

–Researched and written by Jamie Shenk During his first year in power, Bogotá’s mayor has made tackling the capital city’s high crime rate a top priority of his second tenure in office.

—Researched and written by Cassie Tickell Painter As the 2017 Chilean presidential elections approach, the race is showing trends similar to global phenomena elsewhere of anti-establishment voices and anti-immigration rhetoric.

“Never say again that there’s no one in charge because it isn’t true,” chided Isabel Allende, deputy of Chile’s Osvaldo Andrade collective from the patio of the country’s presidential palace, La Moneda.

The new president of Peru’s Council of Ministers, Fernando Zavala, plans to oversee a more technically-oriented, less political cabinet. Among his goals is healing the deep divisions that continue to polarize his country.

Over the years, issues of urban mobility (for instance traffic congestion, public transit) rose to the front of Mexican efforts to modernize national transportation.

Yet another scandal arose for President Mauricio Macri as the wheel of Argentinian politics screeched onward.