Issue Jul 01-31 2025: Jeannette Jara of the Chilean Communist Party won the leftist primary in the presidential race, not only because of her credentials or her management, but because she has redefined the terms of the political cleavage: no longer between right and left, but between the people and the elite.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: An interview with Moisés Naím, former minister of Venezuela and World Bank director, discussed the deterioration of democracy worldwide.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: As access to information changes, so do federal and subnational governments.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: After eight months of holding him in “provisional detention,” the Villa Clara Prosecutor’s Office finally submitted a request for sanctions against journalist and 14ymedio contributor José Gabriel Barrenechea to the Villa Clara Provincial Court.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave a forceful speech defending his administration’s fiscal reform proposals aimed at increasing taxes on the wealthiest Brazilians.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: The new president of Panama’s National Assembly was elected on July 1 as political tensions flared in the Assembly and as demonstrators—including teachers, Indigenous activists, and construction workers—gathered outside to voice their concerns about such hot-button topics as the new Law 462, which impacts the Central American country’s social security

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: After Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña’s presidential address to congress, senators had much to say.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, has once again stated that an electoral reform process will be initiated.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: President Gustavo Petro of Colombia has proposed an “eighth ballot” and the creation of a Constituent Assembly to reassess and reinforce the current constitution.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: A U.S. judge, Loretta Preska, has ordered the Argentine State to sell 51% of its YPF shares to compensate Burford and Eton Park funds for the 2012 expropriation, which occurred under Cristina Kirchner’s presidency and with Axel Kicillof as Economy Minister.