Issue Oct 11-17 2023: Protests in December of 2022 and January of 2023 left forty-nine civilians dead after clashes with police and the military.

Issue Oct 04-10 2023: Eduardo Verástegui, a presidential aspirant in Mexico and leader of the far-right “Viva México” movement, faced backlash after posting a video where he labeled the LGBTQ+ community and environmentalists as “terrorists” and threatened to shoot them.

Issue Oct 04-10 2023: Campaigns for the primary elections are under way in Venezuela and Henrique Capriles has made his first media appearance since withdrawing his candidacy.

Issue Oct 04-10 2023: Amidst escalating internal strife and division within Bolivia’s ruling party, the Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS), critical national issues such as economic, political, and social crises, as well as water scarcity, are being overshadowed by power struggles.

Issue Oct 04-10 2023: Since the emergence of societies, political leaders have repeatedly resorted to populism. Latin America has seen several charismatic leaders such as Getulio Vargas and Joao Goulart in Brazil, Juan Domingo Perón and the Kirchners in Argentina or Lázaro Cárdenas, Adolfo López Mateos or Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico resort to

Issue Oct 04-10 2023: With just a few days left before run-off elections, Ecuadorian presidential candidates Luisa González for Revolución Ciudadana (RC) and Daniel Noboa for Acción Democrática Nacional (ADN) are both seeking the youth and undecided vote in urban centers.

Issue Oct 04-10 2023: In a discussion about the political climate in Panama, it was reported that there has been a slight decrease in affiliation to political parties over the past eight months, according to data from the Electoral Tribunal (TE).

Issue Sep 27-Oct 03 2023: The Argentina presidential debate took place on October 1 between the five candidates at the Forum Convention Center located in the city of Santiago del Estero.

Issue Sep 27-Oct 03 2023: Lula’s defense minister, José Múcio, is completely untrustworthy, and should be dismissed immediately.

Issue Sep 27-Oct 03 2023: In a recent political development in Colombia, the election for the presidency of the National Electoral Council (CNE) took an unexpected turn, defying the predictions of a close race, where a consensus prevailed over contentious competition.