Will Lulismo illuminate Peru?
President Ollanta Humala has made no secret of his admiration for the model employed by former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil.
Venezuela: Change, all change or no change?
Aram Aharonian, the director of Telesur, provides a refeshingly candid analysis of the two presidential options facing the Venezuelan electorate. Article in Spanish.
Venezuela: empowering the poor
Steve Ellner, an adjunct professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, takes a close look at the attempts of the Chavez government to incorporate excluded and semi-excluded groups into the life of the nation.
Ecuador seeks change in second round of elections
Voters are seeking a leader who can tackle the escalating security crisis and uncontrolled violence that plagues the nation, and reverse the effects of Ecuador’s slowing economy.
Brazil: Coup and Carnival
Brazilian police and the Supreme Court have released a video showing Bolsonaro plotting to deny the results of the presidential election and mount a coup. The leading Samba schools in this year's carnivals, by contrast, highlighted the lives of Indigenous Peoples and the culture of black Brazil
