Political operatives agree that if the Mexican left is divided in 2015, its opposition will be weak.  Meanwhile, Subcomandante Marcos of the EZLN can still grab headlines. 

Presidential politics and fútbol have become fused in Brazil. 

Incumbent vice president turned opposition candidate, Juan Carlos Varela, won Panama’s presidential election. 

The competition is beginning to heat up as Peronista políticos jockey for position in a crowded field of would-be successors to the Kirchner dynasty, while the opposition hopes to fish in the troubled waters. 

It’s finally official: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will be the presidential candidate for the Workers’ Party (PT) in the October elections; she has also received the support of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. 

Costa Rica’s new President Luis Guillermo Solis pledged to run his administration as a “glass house” and tackle the corruption “eating away” at the country and the economy. 

With just weeks to go before Colombia’s presidential elections, polls show President Juan Manuel Santos maintains a comfortable lead, but a second round is almost certain.  Meanwhile the continuing episode of ousted Mayor Gustavo Petro hangs over the political scene. 

The governor of Miranda state, Henrique Capriles, addressed the opposition’s view of the effectiveness of talks with the embattled government of Nicolás Maduro. 

The Ashaninka indigenous leader Ruth Buendía received the Goldman Prize and Lima’s Mayor Susana Villarán launched her re-election campaign. 

The new, leftist president of El Salvador looks to bring former dissidents in from the cold.