Patronage practices in Panama are generating an imbalance of power in political systems and threatening democracy.

Two years ago, on Sunday, February 16, 2020, the President of the Junta Central Electoral (JCE) announced that the elections in the Dominican Republic had been suspended due to failures in the automated voting equipment.

After weeks of tension and negotiations, the dissident acting Congress that had overshadowed the historic election of Honduran President Xiomara Castro has come to an end.

The arrival of new churches aligned with Bolsonaro’s ideologies, and the influence of evangelical pastors, are turning votes in Guaribas (PI).

In an ongoing legal battle amongst the Guatemalan courts and President Alejandro Giammattei, a witness’s sworn testimony exposed a $2.6 million dollar bribe between the leader and a high-ranking government official from the prior administration.

The Congress of Costa Rica passed a law designed to reduce taxes on electricity usage imposed by the Value Added Tax (VAT).

The general secretary of the Asociación Civil Transparencia, Iván Lanegra, spoke about the current period of political instability and the dramatic deterioration of democracy in Peru.

Jeanine Áñez, the former president of Bolivia, has been in jail since March 2020.

The transaction took place following the seizure of the newspaper by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) in May of 2021.

In Brazil’s presidential elections of 2018, Nova Pádua (RS) saw 82% of its voters choose Jair Bolsonaro in the first round, rising to 93% in the second.