Tension between the “ideological” sector and the military sector of the Brazilian government appear to be increasing.

The presidential campaign of Gustavo Petro has recently suffered three devastating blows.

During the 2016 elections of São Paulo, Brazil, the Workers’ Party only had 6 mayors elected in the entire state, but this year, former mayor Luiz Marinho predicts a bigger turn out.

In a series of legal complaints against parliamentarians, Paraguay’s Congress has shielded those members who are being accused and investigated, while sanctioning the members who criticize.

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador addressed a group of governors who call themselves the Federalist Alliance and have threatened to break the federal fiscal pact.

The government of Nicolás Maduro demonstrated its advantage in an electoral simulation.

The Sandinista government wants to modify Constitutional Ammendment #37 to increase the current maximum imprisonment from 30 years to a sentence of life in prison for hate crimes.

The Minga has vindicated itself as an undeterred participant in national politics. Apart from garnering sympathy, the group transfers regional concerns to Colombia’s capital.

With more than 100 campaigns in the races, a political scientist sees the possibility of the president’s consolidation in municipality elections.

On Sunday, October 18th, the election of 84 municipal presidents took place in Hidalgo.