Isabel Allende Bussi, the Socialist Party senator, first woman president of the Senate, and daughter of the murdered president said President Bachelet is “an extremely honest person who has dedicated her life to politics,” and despite her personal issues with her son and the accusations against him, she must lead the way. 

“Simple and elegant as usual,” the sociologist Fernando Henrique Cardoso (who was president of Brazil from 1995 to 2002 for the PSDB and not a huge PT fan) clearly pointed out that “there is no justification” for a campaign of impeachment against President Dilma Rousseff. 

The Colombian political Left is showing its traditional talent for divisiveness. 

“Almost everyone” wants to find that sweet spot on “the moderate Left” heading into the presidential election. 

Cuba’s leaders are committed to updating the nation’s economic and social model to promote economic growth, allowing for the diversification of property ownership and market elements, but maintaining social and political stability along with a degree of central planning. 

The party’s national leader, César Camacho Quiroz, thinks that’s the way to win their votes. 

Though the numbers involved are shrinking, large protest marches continue as pundits try to figure it all out.

Nicolás Maduro “should everyday be thanking the stupidity and brutal arrogance of the imperialists, especially Americans, but also of Washington lapdogs that control the press.”  The United States’ actions against Nicolás Maduro have allowed him to mobilize the population into a nationalistic frenzy and buttress the armed forces, “which are the mainstay of government.” 

The Frente Para la Victoria, also known as the Kirchneristas, won in Salta over the dissident Peronists. 

Alexandra Izquierdo, leader of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC), and director of Proindustria, says that Dominican women remain marginalized from political decision making.