Issue Oct 23-29 2024: During her first month in office, President Claudia Sheinbaum has demonstrated her intentions to “usurp power so that she becomes the only court capable of interpreting the Constitution.”

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: As tensions rise between Kirchnerism and Axel Kicillof, the governor of Buenos Aires, former Secretary-General of La Cámpora Andrés “Cuervo” Larroque stated that it’s “not good” for former President Cristina Kirchner to get involved in the internal struggles within Peronism.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: During an interview, President Daniel Noboa provided reasoning behind electricity cuts in Ecuador.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose protégé Boulos suffered a defeat in São  Paulo, remains a strong candidate for the presidency nonetheless, while Bolsonaro’s side has overall been disadvantaged in the recent municipal elections.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: São Paulo’s current mayor, Ricardo Nunes, confirmed his leadership in the polls over rival candidate Guilherme Boulos by winning a landslide victory and reelection with almost 60% of the votes.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Chile’s municipal and regional elections on October 27, 2024, had a turnout of 82.33% with 12,774,615 people casting votes. However, nearly 18% of votes were abstentions.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: José Rubén Zamora, founder of El Periódico, was released from prison on October 19, 2024, after Judge Erick García granted him house arrest.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Argentina’s Peronist movement is grappling with an identity crisis, struggling to redefine its relevance in a world transformed by globalization and technological change.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Mexico’s government is in the process of discussing and approving laws by which to incorporate the constitutional reform that submits to popular election the positions of all federal and local judges, for which the first electoral process will take place in June 2025.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: The Second National Collegiate Criminal Court sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo Manrique to 20 years and six months in prison for collusion and money laundering offenses related to the case of the Southern Interoceanic Highway.