The “sub-national” elections in March 2015 will mark another democratic struggle for power. The ruling party aims to win nine governorships, and is preparing its strategies. 

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has reported the arrest of four groups that were planning to attack and carry out violent acts in the capital and other cities.  Venezuela’s coalition of opposition political parties rejected a statement by President Maduro accusing them of responsibility in the murder of a ruling-party lawmaker.

In the Municipal Elections of 2014, the fine for not voting could come to 76 soles. 

Polls indicated that the Uruguayan presidential race will most likely be decided in a runoff in November. 

The clash over “Farcpolítica” and “Parapolítica” has been engaged in the Senate.  Senator and former President Álvaro Uribe is going head to head with Senator Iván Cepeda Castro. 

The Nobel laureate says he does not want “the daughter of a murderer and a thief” to be president. 

Polls indicate that the governing Frente Amplio and right-wing National Party would vie for the presidency in a second round. 

President Luis Guillermo Solís remains popular with Costa Ricans four months after taking office, but most of those surveyed have a negative perception of his administration. 

With seminars and research, a new program aims to explore the philosophy and politics of Ernesto Laclau, who died earlier this year. 

Union and peasant organizations harshly criticized two deputies on the left for their vote on the controversial Ley de Obtención de Vegetales, also known as the “Monsanto Law.”