The recent transition of power in Brazil is threatening to send the country from a recession into a depression.

Peru’s ex-president, Alejandro Toledo, continues to reject speculations and judicial accusations concerning the Lava Jato and Ecoteva cases and denies that he has fled the country.

Constitutional reform seems to be bringing Chilean political figures together, despite the complicated nature of the task at hand.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro continues to prosecute his opponents.

The tendency toward confrontation over negotiation has reached South America. The same furor which led to Brexit and a Trump presidency is tickling nerves in and around Bogotá.

The volcanic Gustavo Porras, a loyal follower of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, was sworn in as President of the National Assembly, along with other Assembly Representatives, amid allegations of corruption.

Juan Valiente, political representative from the department of La Libertad, El Salvador, affirms that the political party Arena avoids making certain decisions for fear of causing internal rifts.

The recent mass killing of prisoners in an Amazonian penitentiary has received more global attention than the Brazilian government’s transfer of power did in August 2016.

Following accusations of involvement in violence and looting, PRI leader Enrique Ochoa Reza rejected any party ties to the chaos, accusing Morena leader Andrés López Obrador and PRD President Alejandra Barrales of taking advantage of the complex situation.

–Researched and written by Kristen Murray On February 19th, 2017, the citizens of Ecuador will be tasked with choosing the new faces of their government.