South America

2025 saw progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) delegitimized and displaced. Right-wing forces have seized on drug-related crises to attack the so-called Pink Tide governments, driving a reactionary backwash and putting new, neoliberal administrations in power. The…

For decades, Chile looked at itself in the mirror with complacency. We told ourselves we weren’t a corrupt country. The highest authorities of the State didn’t enrich themselves while in office, and there was no widespread corruption in the administrative…

On the eve of the 2026 General Elections, a hashtag has taken over social media and moved from the digital realm to the streets: #NotForThesePeople. By Melissa Rubio The slogan originated as a wake-up call from commentators and digital collectives:…

With a 16.6-point lead, the far-right candidate won the second round of elections held today, December 14 [2025], making Kast the President-elect of Chile. This was not a surprise, as polls had already predicted his victory, but the percentages varied…

COP30, the dark plots of “green capitalism,” the colonization of carbon credits, the false technocratic solutions to the climate crisis, the fight for the recognition of Amazonian indigenous territories, and the broken promises of the Lula government, now totally dependent…

United for good governance. The Lima Bar Association (CAL), led by Dean Dr. Raúl Canelo, and dozens of organized civil society institutions signed the Historic Citizens’ Agreement (AHC) to defeat organized crime, defend life, and restore the rule of law,…

Amid electoral polarization, the most reactionary sectors of the traditional right and the far right accuse the government of Gabriel Boric of having “robbed blatantly,” leaving the country on the brink of bankruptcy due to irresponsible use of sovereign bonds,…

On December 6th and 7th, Generation Z groups marched through the main streets of the Miraflores and San Borja districts, making their voices heard against the political and social crisis facing Peru. “No to the AFPs!”, “No to extortion and…

An extraordinary catalog of US interference – amounting to an electoral coup – may have destroyed what was already a struggling democracy in Honduras. Trump has succeeded in closing the door to progressive government and in all likelihood his preferred…

David versus Goliath. At a press conference, the Peruvian Alliance Against Corruption, made up of various self-organized groups and spokespeople for Generation Z, announced the massive National March to be held this Saturday, June 6th, and Sunday, June 7th, demanding…