President Luis Guillermo Solís remains popular with Costa Ricans four months after taking office, but most of those surveyed have a negative perception of his administration. 

With seminars and research, a new program aims to explore the philosophy and politics of Ernesto Laclau, who died earlier this year. 

Union and peasant organizations harshly criticized two deputies on the left for their vote on the controversial Ley de Obtención de Vegetales, also known as the “Monsanto Law.” 

Leonel says he will be a candidate for president in 2016.

The Latin American left faces three key presidential votes during October in Brazil, Uruguay, and Bolivia. 

Many observers have declared President Ollanta Humala a very lame duck, and Peruvians are looking for options.  

Recent polls have flashed a yellow light to the leftist coalition Frente Amplio (FA).  FA’s candidate, Tabaré Vázquez, insists that he can still win the presidential election in the first round, but other voices can now be heard. 

The 25 parties that make up the Mesa de Unidad Democrática (MUD) have agreed to move beyond “theoretical” discussions and focus on the “practical,” looking for “a growth strategy” to incorporate the many sectors unhappy with Chávez-Madurismo and make political change happen, especially in the parliamentary elections in 2015. 

The “Dirty War” between political candidates has increased through social networks in Bolivia, while the president’s poll numbers put him way out front. 

As ARENA chooses candidates for mayors and deputies in the next election, they have a chance for renewal.