Brazil’s Rousseff and Lula call for unity during the PT’s party conference, despite sagging political support, scandal, and unpopular austerity policies, while a French political scientist takes the pulse of Brazil’s democracy. 

Protests in Guatemala continue to put pressure on the government after the resignation of the vice president.   

Congress prepares mea culpa for cases of irregular funding while the president’s poll numbers have plummeted. 

Guatemala is undergoing one of its deepest crises after a corruption scandal led to the resignation of Vice President Roxana Baldetti, while there is growing pressure on President Otto Pérez Molina to resign as well; and critics have plenty of “concrete proposals” to transform the political system, as people discover the power of protest.

The Government announced that it will deliver 9.6 billion pesos for the construction of the first line of the proposed metro system. 

Right-wing politicians think “Chileans should lose their fear of admitting they are on the right.” 

Political Reform? Only to silence the protests. 

If the PRI is not transformed, it may be on its way to a much less hegemonic future. 

Do you know why President Rousseff did not appear on the PT’s radio and television shows? 

The director of the weekly paper Tal Cual was not allowed to travel abroad to receive the Ortega y Gasset Award in Madrid.