The crisis was not caused by the drop in oil prices, but it certainly deepened it.

Macri is playing by the old playbook as the Peronistas seem leaderless. 

Constitutional limits and the end of commodities boom may doom the president’s re-election bid. 

Many lament that the process has been marred by corruption and drug trafficking. 

When Evo Morales won the presidency in October 2005, some observers doubted he would last the year. But after a decade in power, with the possibility of extending his mandate for years, Morales has overseen a transformation of Bolivian society. 

Many Nicaraguans don’t identify with any party, and many others seem apathetic about politics, but the Sandinistas are still dominant.

Few Argentines imagined that the new Administration of Mauricio Macri would move “so aggressively in the first days of government.” 

They organized an international meeting with renewed calls for new policy thinking. 

Deputies say the rightwing ARENA leadership is allowing its members to “constructively” criticize them to correct what is not being done well. 

Lula insists that he is the most honest guy around, while money will be tight it this year’s elections.