The recent election of Mauricio Interiano as ARENA party leader was regulated by a new reform – election of party leadership through secret voting.

Fundamedios, a communications NGO, has denounced social media censorship in Ecuador. 

In March 2015 the Guatemalan Congress approved an electoral reform allowing overseas voting.

The dramatic state of politics in Brazil has created an uncomfortable situation.

With support from ex-presidential candidate Aecio Neves and the ex-head of state Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Rousseff oppositionists seem confident in the acquisition of 54 of the 81 votes needed for the finalization of the impeachment process.

Brazilian senators face the daunting task of reviewing the allegations against President Dilma Rousseff and determining whether she will be removed entirely from office during this final impeachment process.

With their eyes set on the 2017 mid-term elections, leaders of the Justicialist Party (the Personistas’ official party name, the PJ) are torn between building bridges with Frente Renovador (FR) leader Sergio Massa, sticking within the Frente para la Victoria (FpV) and joining forces with former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner against the government, or

“Out with Temer,” was the main political slogan heard in Olympic stadiums and in the streets of Brazil, but it did not deter the Senate from moving against President Dilma Rousseff. 

Both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies denied that there were any irregularities in the impeachment case against Dilma Rousseff in response to a questioning made by the Organization of American States (OAS).

As the Olympics concluded, the veil which had temporarily hidden the poverty and political turmoil of Brazil disappeared as well.