The confusing political crisis, driven in part by a slumping economy and the Petrobras corruption scandal, has deeper roots in fundamental questions about how society and the economy should function. 

It looks like the presidential candidates will not face off on TV, or rather, they will do so without the frontrunner, FpV candidate Daniel Scioli. 

Venezuelan opposition focuses on the electoral benefit from the case, but the Maduro government also has a plan. 

The former Senator and head of the Socialist party, Camilo Escalona, stated that “in the elections of 2017 there will be a strong propensity to populism,” and if Chileans don’t “act responsibly,” there will be significant threats to Chilean democracy. 

Charges of a “judicial coup d’état” in Tucumán. 

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, who is facing threats of impeachment and calls to resign from opposition politicians, says that attempting to use a crisis to take power is just a “modern version of a coup.”  And other commentators point to the “unconstitutional” nature of impeachment under the current circumstances, while the search for policy alternatives

What the candidates are saying about drug policy: sorting out the misinformation, half-truths, and sensible proposals. 

El Salvador’s ruling party plans to renew at least 30% percent of its leadership. 

Brazil’s announcement of plans to reduce its deficit receives criticism, while others call it President Dilma Rousseff’s “last chance.” 

The PAN and the PRI emulate the famous film of the late 1970s, “Kramer vs. Kramer,” but in reverse.