Issue Aug 07-13 2024: The recent elections for the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) in Brazil have highlighted a growing trend: the far right’s strategic efforts to occupy and influence various power structures, often overlooked by the democratic forces who continue to focus almost exclusively on the Executive.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: After the distribution of special government committees, legislators have some names ready that will preside over them in the period 2024-2025.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: Senator Henry Montero of the Creemos party blamed both the “arcismo” and “evismo” blocks of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party for Bolivia’s current economic crisis.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: Javier Milei’s time in government may be coming to an end. Jorge Fontevecchia of PERFIL Magazine of Argentina reported that Milei’s government has continually been compared to that of Carlos Memen’s, whose popularity quickly declined from 1992 to 1998. Milei’s eccentric and aggressive political style was originally seen as refreshing in

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: “They call us novices, but for us it’s a compliment, because the way politics was done in Old Ecuador didn’t work. For many years Ecuador has been governed by crooks.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: On August 7, Gustavo Petro celebrated two years as president of Colombia, whose administration has faced significant challenges, including the defeat of his health and education reforms in Congress and two ministerial changes.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: From the logistical point of view, the installation of the Liquefied Natural Gas plant in Río Negro by YPF and Petronas is a very long-term matter. On the other hand, the president’s attack against Axel Kicillof has an immediate damaging effect.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: Claudia Sheinbaum met with opposition governors from different political parties, such as Samuel García of the Movimiento Ciudadano from Nuevo León, PRI Governors Manolo Jiménez from Coahuila and Esteban Villegas of Durango, and PAN Governor Tere Jiménez from Aguascalientes, to  begin creating agreements on key issues such as infrastructure investment and

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: On July 28, President Dina Boluarte outlined a number of upcoming plans including the creation of a Ministerio de Infraestructura.

—Researched and Written by Numi Moreno—Issue Jul 01-31 2024: Since June, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has been pushing for a public referendum on a controversial new law, the draft bill no. 24,364, also dubbed the “Ley Jaguar” to boost development in Costa Rica. The bill would bring key reforms to the national Comptroller General’s