Issue Sep 30-Oct 06 2026: Seven months after elections brought José Antonio Kast to the presidency in Chile, former Santiago mayor Evelyn Matthei has warned that the current administration is marred by a serious lack of coordination and an imbalanced, two-part power structure.

Issue Sep 30-Oct 06 2026: The campaign that brought Abelardo de la Espriella to the presidency in Colombia was characterized by a mixture of populist, innovative, and ambiguous messages, making it difficult to disentangle promises that were simply electoral marketing from those that represented genuine commitments.

Issue Sep 30-Oct 06 2026: The opposition leader stated that she differs from the United States regarding the timeline for a democratic transition in Venezuela. She demanded transparency in the management of oil revenues.

Issue Sep 30-Oct 06 2026: The labor unions, social groups, and leaders of the left summoned a march to the Courts. They also announced a new protest for October 15 to the Congress.

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: Even as Colombian Centro Democrático Representative Daniel Briceño announced to that country’s Congress recently, “you will always find me defending the country’s productive apparatus,” his campaign was enjoying the benefits of a million-dollar contribution from a sector that is greatly interested in a project Briceño promotes: eliminating taxes on ultra-processed food

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: “A new far-right government will accelerate the collapse of democracy,” warned André Singer.

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: President Bernardo Arévalo defended his administration’s decision not to intervene directly in conflicts arising within various state institutions during a public speech held away from the press. He stated that doing so would have weakened the rule of law and democratic institutions.

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: Brazil is in a presidential election that arrives with the Supreme Federal Court mired in its worst institutional crisis since the return to democracy, the right’s candidate formally under investigation in the same case, and the two leading contenders tied within the margin of error in every poll.

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: Since the 2018 elections, there was an increase in the number of voters and the percentage of those who were registered within the age range of 18 to 29.

Issue Sep 16-22 2026: The current “Olivosgate” scandal in Argentina, which involves allegations of corruption, nepotism, and embezzlement within President Javier Milei’s inner circle, seems almost to be a cartoon version of the state that he has put forward.