Nelson Chui, the regional governor of Lima Province, thinks public opinion has unjustly vilified them. 

Pundits have exhausted all the possible synonyms for the word “crisis” as they have attempted to characterize political and economic events in Brazil. 

After a Constitutional Court block, a modified reform passes Senate vote, amid energetic student protests. 

The PRD and the PAN make an alliance. 

The ruling New Majority assessed the idea of employing “bots” or “ghosts users” to defend the government’s policies on social media. 

A leading senator was arrested for obstructing justice; pundits try to assess the country’s political situation as President Rousseff faces the impeachment battle; House Speaker Cunha, who has finally precipitated the struggle, himself faces the grim prospect that 81% of Brazilians want him to step down. 

Can it come together or will it look like the election last June all over again? 

A newspaper asked a forensic graphologist for his take. 

Dilma Rousseff again confirmed Joaquim Levy as “austerity” minister despite growing complaints from the ruling party; Rousseff also just managed to uphold vetoes on spending bills. 

The Chavistas and the opposition expressed their hopes that in parliamentary elections on December 6 participating Venezuelans will vote for a more democratic and just future, while the “Narcoescándalo” continues to “muddy” President Nicolás Maduro’s image.