Dialogue has all but come to a standstill among major political parties in the Dominican Republic. 

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega fights poverty and institutes generous social programs to win over voters. And his efforts appear to be bearing fruit.

Brazil’s Lower House formally voted to remove Eduardo Cunha, with an overwhelming vote of four hundred and fifty against him, to just ten in his favor. Several representatives abstained.

President Michelle Bachelet’s recent reforms have been met with less enthusiasm than she expected. Her mother, Ángela Jeria, has been vocal in criticizing this lack of enthusiasm as profoundly unhelpful toward government mandates and investment in Chile.

The Mexican people have become adept at taking politics to their social networks, with recent subjects garnering hashtags and “Likes” numbering in the millions.

A prominent historian has claimed that the source of Brazil’s current political instability is former president Dilma Rousseff’s political inexperience and lack of procedural know-how.

The number of deputies who have said they will vote to revoke Eduardo Cunha’s legitimacy as speaker of Brazil’s lower house of congress is increasing, especially among the ranks of his own party, the PMDB.

The role of public sector workers has become the latest battleground in a series of clashes between President Santos of Colombia and the Attorney General Ordóñez over the upcoming referendum on a peace deal with the Farc. 

Judge Daniel Rafecas is under fire for presiding over corruption charges, but has also garnered support from national and international organizations for “not responding to the ambitions of power.” The support comes after Rafecas dismissed a complaint against attorney Alberto Nisman, for which other officials wanted Rafecas removed from his position.

Jeers and nationwide demonstrations constantly plague two South American presidents, and show no signs of subsiding. Michel Temer of Brazil, and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, each face a populace that has largely given up on the men as leaders, and wants them gone.