Issue Feb 14-20 2024: Participating in the 2024 Munich Security Conference, Colombian President Gustavo Petro spoke at length about the climate crisis, emphasizing that the international community should focus on life over war.

Issue Feb 14-20 2024: Javier Milei’s “political caste” rhetoric – which decries economic and political “privileges” afforded to specific segments of society through state “collectivism” – is as ephemeral as it is incoherent.

Issue Feb 14-20 2024: Despite the hardships that Fuerza Popular President Keiko Fujimori has faced during the past two years, including her divorce from husband Mark Villanella in June 2022 and her younger brother Kenji Fujimori’s recent conviction for attempting to buy congressional votes in 2018, the worst may be yet to come.

Issue Feb 14-20 2024: Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz has registered with the National Electoral Institute (INE) as the presidential candidate for the PAN-PRI-PRD coalition Fuerza y Corazón por México.

Issue Feb 14-20 2024: The Partido Revolucionario Moderno (PRM) won 121 out of a total 158 municipal elections on February 18th in the Dominican Republic.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: This past September, via unanimous decision, the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) declared the penalization of abortion as unconstitutional, setting a key precedent across the country.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: Nicolás Maduro’s hold on power appears increasingly shaky as his efforts to maintain control encounter growing opposition in Venezuela.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: Chilean head of state Gabriel Boric issued a “mea culpa” to Sebastián Piñera at the recently deceased ex-president’s state funeral.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: As Peruvian prosecutors attempt to weave a tighter web around Pedro Castillo on far reaching corruption charges, various members of the ex-president’s retinue have chosen to cooperate with investigators in exchange for leniency.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: The same day President Daniel Noboa signed a decree for a public referendum for themes such as security, the National Assembly agreed to hold a second round of debates about the process.