Allies, former allies, and opposition parties in Brazil point to a growing “leadership vacuum as the economy sinks;” Rousseff struggles with tanking approval ratings, more protests, and lingering worries about corruption investigations; both the president and her mentor, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have tried to rally support with little success, though her

In recent weeks a large collection of unconnected groups, including indigenous communities, medical doctors and nursing associations, teachers’ unions, senior citizen organizations, and business owners, have organized large protest marches all over Ecuador.  Shouting slogans and waving banners, they have blocked roads and clashed with police, and their main target is President Correa.  Though an

The president’s private periodical keeps his people on the same page. 

Argentine election law requires all parties and coalitions to select their federal candidates in simultaneous open primaries that are compulsory for all voters under the age of 69, known as the PASO.  On August 9, 2015 parties will select their candidates for president and both houses of congress.  Since public opinion polling is considered suspect

A key “ally” considers impeaching President Dilma Rousseff, though he himself has been accused of bribery.  The Speaker of the Lower House awaits “legal analysis,” as he pulls out of the ruling coalition. 

Reform of abortion laws divides the ruling coalition, while the “presidentibles” understand the dynamic in the last five presidential elections: the candidate who is elected is the same that led the main polls in April the year before the election.

Peru’s opposition wins the presidency of Congress in a new blow to President Ollanta Humala. 

How Latin America’s “top Libertarian party” plans to win. 

Venezuela’s opposition coalition, grouped together in the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática, or MUD, reached an agreement to participate in the parliamentary elections under a unified ballot. 

Candidates for governors’ and mayors’ offices in Colombia are a motley and crooked bunch.