Issue Jan 31-Feb 06 2024: The electoral future of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte does not look promising, as the way she ascended to the presidency almost guarantees that she will not be able to run for re-election.

Issue Jan 31-Feb 06 2024: President of Chile’s Partido Comunista, Lautaro Carmona, expressed his condolences over the death of Chile’s conservative ex-president Sebastián Piñera.

Issue Jan 31-Feb 06 2024: It is a widely reported – if erroneous – truism that Javier Milei won the Argentinian presidency with the support of a large majority of the population.

Issue Jan 31-Feb 06 2024: On Feb. 6, the Órgano Ejecutivo of Bolivia, led by President Luis Arce Catacora, put Ley 144 of Elecciones Judiciales into effect.

Issue Jan 31-Feb 06 2024: As Bogotá’s recently elected mayor, Carlos Fernando Galán, begins his term in office, his cabinet appointees, and their ability to develop an agenda that serves all inhabitants of the capital city, have been called into question.

Issue Jan 24-30 2024: Xóchitl Gálvez will hold a “truth conference” at least three days a week during the inter-campaign period until February 29th.

Issue Jan 24-30 2024: Despite tighter election races over the past two decades, the Colombian left had always struggled to secure political control – until Gustavo Petro’s presidential win in 2022.

Issue Jan 24-30 2024: Five years after their visit to Nicaragua in 2018 as part of an OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, human rights lawyers Paulo Abrao and Antonia Urrejola commented on the country’s increasing despotism under the Ortega regime.

Issue Jan 24-30 2024: After intense negotiations, the Chilean congress has decided to move forward with pension reform, marking a welcome victory for the Boric administration, particularly after the rejection of its tax reform program in March 2023.

Issue Jan 24-30 2024: Thousands of coca farmers and members of other rural organizations demanded that the Constitutional Court judges who ruled that Morales is not allowed to run for presidency in 2025 resign and call for judicial elections.