Issue Jun 05-11 2024: The Mexican elections on June 2nd forced voters to elect Claudia Sheinbaum as their only viable option.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Amid rising political tensions and economic instability in Bolivia, Julio Alvarado of the National Committee for the Defense of Democracy (Conade) has condemned Evo Morales for allegedly attempting to incite unrest to regain power, instead of advocating for peaceful dialogue and collaboration among all political forces to safeguard democracy.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Cuba’s National Electoral Council (CEN) will hold snap elections to fill vacant seats in the Municipal Assembly of People’s Power (AMPP), an unprecedented occurrence in the political body’s history.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Brazil’s public education system is chronically neglected by both the government and by civil society, with two prominent exceptions – during municipal elections, when spurious promises are made, later to be forgotten, and during strikes, when the media remembers the existence of educators just long enough to take turns denigrating them.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Opposition Presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia strongly rejected the agreement proposed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to recognize the results of the National Electoral Council (CNE) regarding the upcoming presidential elections on July 28.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo, a self-described leftist, is proposing that a new political party be formed.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: Brazil’s Environmental Minister Marina Silva blamed climate denialism for the “delay in the adoption of urgent measures” in response to global warming.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: The Public Ministry (MP), led by Consuelo Porras, is reluctant to investigate former president Alejandro Giammattei and his associate, Miguel Martínez, who are banned from the United States for significant acts of corruption.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: Nayib Bukele was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday, June 3, 2024, despite constitutional law prohibiting presidential re-election in El Salvador.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: Sandra Pettovello, the Minister of Human Capital, has complained about more than one hundred government contracts for political parties, resulting in an “internal shock” for the government of Javier Milei.