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. 

Presidential politics and fútbol have become fused in Brazil. 

Incumbent vice president turned opposition candidate, Juan Carlos Varela, won Panama’s presidential election. 

The competition is beginning to heat up as Peronista políticos jockey for position in a crowded field of would-be successors to the Kirchner dynasty, while the opposition hopes to fish in the troubled waters. 

It’s finally official: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will be the presidential candidate for the Workers’ Party (PT) in the October elections; she has also received the support of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. 

Costa Rica’s new President Luis Guillermo Solis pledged to run his administration as a “glass house” and tackle the corruption “eating away” at the country and the economy.