With an unprecedented number of “new faces” registered as candidates in the 2021 presidential and congressional elections, many Peruvians are hoping these first-time politicians can bring positive changes to a political sphere tainted by corruption.

January 11 was the last day to register any candidates for the upcoming election that includes mayors, city council members, governors, and members of the constitutional convention.

On January 5, Maduro’s National Assembly was installed in the Federal Legislative Palace, elected in the disputed elections of December 6.

Four weeks from election day, it is unclear if the elections will be able to take place according to what was planned by the National Electoral Council (CNE).

Among 84 candidates, there are only 7 women.

On January 14, the second year of Guatemala’s ninth legislature officially began.

With police reforms imminent in the Dominican Republic, President Luis Abinader has announced the creation of a new task force that will protect victims of domestic and gendered violence.

Among concerns of growing coronavirus numbers and the lingering presence of former president Rafael Correa’s Revolución Ciudadana, Ecuador enters the period of election campaigns to decide its next president.

As a result of the protests in late 2019, a referendum was passed in October of 2020 to write a new constitution.

In Colombia, mayors all throughout the country are being subjected to revocation.