The arguments over voluntary versus compulsory voting in Latin America continue, and were given new strength after the presidential election in Colombia in which just shy of 50% of voters turned out. 

The PRSC calls on Dominican women to restore family values. 

Colombians stay the course and reelect their president.  The peace process was the key. 

There is still no dialogue in Venezuela, and the opposition says it’s the result of President Maduro’s intransigence. 

The Mayor of Mexico City has a will to defend the rights of the elderly, and says the city has a “clear commitment to the left.” 

Uruguay’s former president Tabaré Vázquez (2005-2010) is to run for office once again for the ruling Broad Front in the upcoming October 26 elections, facing Partido Nacional’s Luis Lacalle Pou and Partido Colorado’s candidate Pedro Bordaberry. 

Amid prosecutions of opposition politicians, street crime, and closely contested elections, Venezuela continues to endure crisis conditions, to the point that voices around the region are calling on Venezuelans to try harder to settle their differences. 

Bachelet’s new government is planning bills that push education reform, tax changes, women’s electoral quotas, improved reproductive rights and increased equality in Chilean society. 

What is left for Kirchnerismo?  The fight over its future and legacy are in full swing. 

Political operatives agree that if the Mexican left is divided in 2015, its opposition will be weak.  Meanwhile, Subcomandante Marcos of the EZLN can still grab headlines.