Approximately 130 candidates have been victims of political violence in a pattern of criminality and political intimidation reminiscent of actions by paramilitaries and guerrillas in years past, though the number of incidents is down. 

Over 70% believe they are being fed false information.   

A poll showed Néstor and Cristina Kirchner, along with Raúl Alfonsín, to be the top-rated presidents, while the opposition looks to poach Peronista votes by speaking of “defending the banners of social justice and national unity, while even promising “zero poverty.” 

The PRI proposal seeks to streamline and strengthen legislative work while increasing Mexican society’s trust in the federal legislature. 

Civic groups launched the first offensive against 11 deputies who are still working for Guatecompras as state contractors. 

President Dilma Rousseff’s former ally and chief nemesis, Eduardo Cunha (the Speaker of Brazil’s Lower House), who has been flirting with instigating impeachment proceedings against the president, has run into problems of his own.  Under investigation for corruption in connection to the Petrobras scandal, it turns out that the speaker and his family have undisclosed

In his call for Mexico to avoid authoritarianism, President Enrique Peña Nieto stressed the importance of openness in government and advocated completing constitutional reform. 

Mónica López and 50 Buenos Aires politicos abandoned the dissident Peronista ranks to join the Frente para la Victoria. 

The former mayor and current deputy of the Legislative Assembly for the rightwing Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA), Norman Quijano, spoke in a radio interview of differences he had with some positions taken by other party leaders. 

The anti-corruption former Attorney General, Ronald Gamarra, says that the leader of Fuerza Popular, Keiko Fujimori, “is looking to take advantage of younger voters who did not live through the earlier Fujimori regime,” that of Keiko’s father.