On October 17th, thousands of Salvadorans marched once again in the streets to protest against Nayib Bukele’s government.

Bolivia’s Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) ruled that the swearing-in of Jeanine Áñez after the coup against Evo Morales was unconstitutional because “there was never a power vacuum or constitutional succession” to justify the self-proclamation, which was endorsed at the time by the opposition and the Church hierarchy.

So far in the electoral contest, Sergio Fajardo, the former mayor of Medellín and governor of Antioquia, has managed to hold on to second place in the polls of favorability and voting intention, despite the two legal investigations in progress.

Perú Libre turned to the opposition. Its leaders said they feel displaced after the recent change of ministers and accuse the president of “turning to the right.”

The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, is living up to his authoritarian reputation, having “replaced the rule of law with [his own] will,” Delia Ferreira declared. 

The results of the primaries in Argentina are hard to explain.

As was the case in Cochabamba, Bolivian President Luis Arce affirmed that the opposition seeks to ignore the results of the 2020 elections through protests in various parts of the country on Monday, October 11, to reject the draft Law Against the Legitimization of Illicit Gains.

The Chamber of Senators approved the Rendering of Accounts project, with the votes of the government’s supporters.

The goal was supposedly to achieve consensus for the 2022 presidential elections, but that did not happen.

Author of a book on bolsonarismo and alt-right populism in Brazil, Michele Prado stated, “there will come a moment in which Bolsonaro supporters will think that the President is not sufficiently radical.”