Lorena Peña, president of El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly, has claimed that the right-wing ARENA party “wants to bankrupt the country in order to break the FMLN.” Peña claims that ARENA has “blocked” votes by a super majority, which require 56 out of the 84 votes possible.

Diplomat, author, and essayist Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães weighed in on the current state of Brazilian politics.   

Brazil finds itself in the middle of a wave of conservatism that threatens to undo the gains of the social pact made by Brazil’s 1988 Constitution. Left leaning organizations have created a number of diverse movements to balance right wing extremism.

Protests are increasing throughout Chile as President Michelle Bachelet faces questions about her capacity to deliver election promises of reform, especially concerning education.

The Christian Democratic politician Soledad Alvear has called for voting to be made obligatory in Chile once again.

Following approval by President Jimmy Morales, Guatemala’s congress has passed new legislative reforms altering that nation’s electoral policies.

Nine years after Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa first took power with his “Citizen’s Revolution,” four issues facing the South American nation still require significant attention.

Inspector General of Colombia Alejandro Ordóñez has launched a new offensive against Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos focusing on whether public officials will be able to play a role in the upcoming referendum on that country’s peace process.

A founding member of a Human Rights group in Argentina has passed away after decades of fighting for the truth in Buenos Aires. 

The PT (Partido dos Trabalhadores) prepares to fight as proceedings to determine whether or not President Dilma Rousseff will be removed from office are now underway.  She vows to fight for her office.