Pushback continues against the frontrunner shortly before the presidential election.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff characterizes the effort in congress to impeach her as “coup.” Pundits wonder how long she can hold on.

The Frente para la Victoria (FpV) caucus in the Senate emerged divided from the holdouts vote with no less than 26 contributing to the 54-16 vote in support of the government’s bill, including caucus chair Senator Miguel Ángel Pichetto (Río Negro).

Indigenous leaders weigh in on the upcoming elections. 

Many sectors of the left supported the reelection of President Manuel Santos because he offered peace, but today they note that his social politics contradict that yearning.  This has contributed to national uneasiness and a national strike.

The Latin American Left is feeling ill, and with good reason. The recent corruption scandal in Brazil, which possibly has Lula at the doors of prison, and Dilma facing possible impeachment, makes us wonder:  where did we lose our way? 

Brazil’s largest party quit the coalition with the ruling PT, isolating Rousseff. 

So says Mario Vargas Llosa. 

President Dilma Rousseff tried to block investigations of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s finances by making him a part of her Cabinet (and giving him immunity), but the move was blocked by a judge.  Both struggle to survive politically.  

Leading presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori is facing growing opposition, a sign that her efforts to distance her party from her father’s government more than 16 years ago hasn’t worked out as planned.