Issue Feb 18-24 2026: In February 2026, according to the AtlasIntel poll, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva saw the gap with his main opponent narrow.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: Alex Kicillof has stepped up his efforts as candidate to the presidency in Argentina.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: On October 6, 1936, Mexican President General Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, passed a law reallocating lands for cotton farming in the regions of Lagunera de Coahuila and Durango, radically transforming the distribution of wealth and way of life in these prosperous areas, without adversely affecting their economy or system of cotton

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: Illegal gold mining has become a powerful but unofficial actor in Peru’s political landscape ahead of the country’s 2026 presidential elections.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: Documents from hospital financial units report budget cuts. Funds have been allocated to a line of work whose function is not directly linked to the operational hospital area.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited the expansion of the Aché Pharmaceutical Laboratories factory in Cabo de Santo Agostinho (PE) and advocated for the country’s movement towards independence in drug production, stating that “Brazil will become a powerhouse in the production of medicines.”

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: Chile’s president-elect has conducted an unusually intense and international transition, projecting the sense that his administration is already governing.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: In the face of denunciations over alleged irregularities and overpricing in the purchase of barrels of oil by Bolivia’s state-owned oil and gas company, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), members of that country’s parliament have activated governmental control mechanisms and requested that the Truth Commission investigate the issue.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: Indigenous authorities in Guatemala have expressed their concern over procedures regulating second-order elections in the country, mainly those related to the Constitutional Court (CC), the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, and the Attorney General’s Office.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: Colombia’s major political parties are sitting out the presidential race until after the March 8 congressional elections, focusing instead on preserving their power in the Congress.