–Written by Will Egan—Issue Jan 10-16 2024: Despite various attempts over the past five months to derail his inauguration, including a last-minute effort to prevent the transfer of power, Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as the new Guatemalan president early Monday morning, January 15th. While his confirmation allowed many Guatemalans, fearful of the country’s gradual

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is headed for a landslide victory, leading with 71% voter intention, according to a survey conducted by the private University Francisco Gavidia (UFG).

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: In seeming contrast to the authoritarian backsliding occurring in the rest of Latin America, the Dominican Republic is enjoying a period of robust democracy and political dynamism.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: In Mexico, policy evaluation is helping create an improved democratic quality in state governments.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: Gustavo Petro created a commission of 34 experts from a variety of backgrounds to develop the reforms of the justice system.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador defended the participation of the Mexican Armed Forces in the construction of public works, and denied that this represented a militarization of the country.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador uses X, formerly known as Twitter, to spread his messages and become an internet phenomenon.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: Post-pandemic Latin American governments have tended to be marked by their ambition, with Gustavo Petro’s Colombia being no exception.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: Javier Milei’s proposed ‘Omnibus Bill’ is seeing fierce debate in the Argentinian Congress, despite the president’s insistence that “we won’t negotiate anything; we’re only accepting suggestions to make it better.”

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: As cases of nepotism in congressional families of Paraguay come to light, citizens’ resentment grows while those in office deny the issue of the “nepobabies,” children of high-profile individuals who benefit personally and professionally from their parents’ position.