Issue Nov 16-30 2022: More than 42% of Cubans who can vote abstained from voting in the municipal elections held at the end of November 2022, according to data from the National Electoral Council (CEN).

–Written by Kaylee Pivirotto— Issue Nov 09-15 2022: Marches held in defense of the INE (the Mexican National Electoral Institute) took place all around Mexico on Sunday, November 12.

Issue Nov 09-15 2022: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) revealed that he was preparing a ‘Plan B’ in case Congress does not approve his electoral reform.

Issue Nov 09-15 2022: On October 22, radicals in Santa Cruz demanded an “indefinite civic strike.” Vicente Cuéllar, the rector of UAGRM; Rómulo Calvo, the president of the Committee for Santa Cruz; and Governor Fernando Camacho oversaw it.

Issue Nov 09-15 2022: Mempo Giardinelli addressed an open letter to Argentina’s President, Alberto Fernández, voicing the concerns of millions of people who feel aligned with the Frente de Todos (FdeT) coalition led by Fernández.

Issue Nov 02-08 2022: Iván Lanegra, the general secretary for the Transparency Civil Association, said Peru’s democratic crisis reflects the public distrust in politics, the perception of corruption, and the disconnection between the elite and the general society.

Issue Nov 02-08 2022: In 2018, Mexico opted for a leftist progressive government under the leadership of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).

Issue Nov 02-08 2022: The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has taken over 153 of the nation’s mayoral offices to give them to the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN), which political analysts and opposing organizations warn “advances toward the imposition of a one-party system.”

Issue Nov 02-08 2022: President Luis Arce and Vice President David Choquehuanca have been accused by former president Evo Morales and the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party of splitting the Bolivian left and warned about the power this will give to their opposition.

Issue Nov 02-08 2022: The lack of coordination from the right allowed the liberal Vlado Mirosevic to seize the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies.