Maduro joked that the Amnesty Law was a law of “amnesia.”

Roxana Baldetti, former Vice President of Guatemala, is not playing nice with her eight defense attorneys. 

The majority opposition in the Venezuelan National Assembly managed to approve last week one of its main proposals:  an amnesty and reconciliation law for political prisoners. 

Pushback continues against the frontrunner shortly before the presidential election.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff characterizes the effort in congress to impeach her as “coup.” Pundits wonder how long she can hold on.

The Frente para la Victoria (FpV) caucus in the Senate emerged divided from the holdouts vote with no less than 26 contributing to the 54-16 vote in support of the government’s bill, including caucus chair Senator Miguel Ángel Pichetto (Río Negro).

Indigenous leaders weigh in on the upcoming elections. 

Many sectors of the left supported the reelection of President Manuel Santos because he offered peace, but today they note that his social politics contradict that yearning.  This has contributed to national uneasiness and a national strike.

The Latin American Left is feeling ill, and with good reason. The recent corruption scandal in Brazil, which possibly has Lula at the doors of prison, and Dilma facing possible impeachment, makes us wonder:  where did we lose our way? 

Brazil’s largest party quit the coalition with the ruling PT, isolating Rousseff.