Guatemala is undergoing one of its deepest crises after a corruption scandal led to the resignation of Vice President Roxana Baldetti, while there is growing pressure on President Otto Pérez Molina to resign as well; and critics have plenty of “concrete proposals” to transform the political system, as people discover the power of protest.

The Government announced that it will deliver 9.6 billion pesos for the construction of the first line of the proposed metro system. 

Right-wing politicians think “Chileans should lose their fear of admitting they are on the right.” 

Political Reform? Only to silence the protests. 

The assassinated Archbishop of El Salvador, Óscar Arnulfo Romero, moved one giant step down the road toward sainthood with his beatification by the Roman Catholic Church on May 23, 2015.  The event occasioned celebrations throughout Latin America, and many observers argue that it revealed the radical nature of changes that Pope Francis is carrying out in

The blank ballot, a “vote of discontent,” reflects popular frustration with “corruption and debasement of public affairs” as “democracy goes through some bad times.”  But blank votes are not the answer. 

Social conflicts should be resolved through institutional channels. 

There is a common feeling that obligatory voting is a bother, and indeed, an infringement on personal freedom, and even drives “vote buying.”  But this “libertarian stance” is bogus. 

Today no one doubts that tourism is a dynamic element in many countries’ economies and societies which contributes to improving the quality of life of their citizens.  But things were different 30 years ago. 

The Dominican Republic and Ecuador found their place at the tourism fair in Guilin (South China), in search of a part of a business representing 500 million Chinese who, according to President Xi Jinping, will travel around the world in next five years.