Issue Jan 10-16 2024: El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is headed for a landslide victory, leading with 71% voter intention, according to a survey conducted by the private University Francisco Gavidia (UFG).

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: In seeming contrast to the authoritarian backsliding occurring in the rest of Latin America, the Dominican Republic is enjoying a period of robust democracy and political dynamism.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: In Mexico, policy evaluation is helping create an improved democratic quality in state governments.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: Gustavo Petro created a commission of 34 experts from a variety of backgrounds to develop the reforms of the justice system.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador defended the participation of the Mexican Armed Forces in the construction of public works, and denied that this represented a militarization of the country.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador uses X, formerly known as Twitter, to spread his messages and become an internet phenomenon.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: Post-pandemic Latin American governments have tended to be marked by their ambition, with Gustavo Petro’s Colombia being no exception.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: Javier Milei’s proposed ‘Omnibus Bill’ is seeing fierce debate in the Argentinian Congress, despite the president’s insistence that “we won’t negotiate anything; we’re only accepting suggestions to make it better.”

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: As cases of nepotism in congressional families of Paraguay come to light, citizens’ resentment grows while those in office deny the issue of the “nepobabies,” children of high-profile individuals who benefit personally and professionally from their parents’ position.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: For Venezuela, 2023 can be characterized by another complicated and contradictory year: President Nicolás Maduro displayed goodwill in times of weakness but firmness when challenged by his opposition, the longstanding territorial dispute over the Essequibo region escalated into a crisis, and most Venezuelans continue to face growing difficulties in their day-to-day