Political candidates in Colombia are hitting the streets to rally up support for the upcoming election.

Worried about the low level of political competitiveness and participation in Nicaragua’s campaign for municipal elections, to be held on November 5, local and American observers have criticized the Organization of American States for their “light” role in ensuring that President Daniel Ortega hold free and fair elections.

Brazil’s Supreme Court opened a new investigation into de facto President Michel Temer for charges of corruption and money laundering, while Temer himself launched an unprecedented attack on the rule of law in the country because he believes that “constitutional guarantees are being violated.”

Enrique Peña Nieto, President of the United Mexican States, is in the constitutionally-approved position to name whomever he wishes as the country’s Attorney General.

Ecuadorian President, Lenín Moreno, has accused former president, Rafael Correa, of spying on him via a hidden camera installed in his office.

Students and community members prepared for a nonviolent protest against the corruption within the government.

The Acción Democrática (AD), the oldest political party in Venezuela, reemerged as the principal force in the opposition coalition in the run-up to gubernatorial elections in October 2017.

The Movimiento al Socialismo (Movement to Socialism), or MAS, has taken the first legal step towards the possibility of the allowing for yet another reelection of President Evo Morales in 2019.

When current Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales served as the general secretary for the Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN-Nación) party, he received monthly letters from the Auditoría Electoral between June 23 and November 21, 2015.

In recent years, low voter turnout across President Daniel Ortega’s long reign in office has weakened Nicaraguans’ faith in local elections.