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An Unlikely Gift to Peru’s President

Shining Path leader Abimael Guzmán’s death gives Pedro Castillo an opportunity to condemn the violent left.

After years of crisis and acrimony, Luis Arce’s government disappoints those hoping for a fresh start.

Brazil’s president is too weak to stage a coup, but strong enough to remain in power and produce a permanent constitutional crisis

From Chile to Colombia, voters are looking for change – regardless of what it will bring.

Gender and the rights of minorities are taking precedence over iconic figures of the past century.

With his Cabinet appointments, Peru’s new president may have planted the seeds of his own failure.

Protests may seem to have subsided. But the president’s outdated authoritarian tactics will create more instability.

As politicians on the left and right fuel polarization, signs of an appetite for centrist politics are starting to show.

The heir to a political dynasty, João Campos is betting on innovation to build a name for himself in Brazil’s most unequal capital.

In Argentina’s northernmost and highest capital, a fourth-term mayor has changed the environmental landscape.

Yamandú Orsi leads Uruguay’s second-biggest city, but his ambitions don’t stop there.

The first female mayor of Tumaco, María Emilsen Angulo took office just in time for a global pandemic.

Local leaders are tackling big problems – often without the partisanship paralyzing national politics.

The most effective leaders during the pandemic have been mayors. It’s interesting to examine why.

Los líderes locales están abordando grandes problemas – frecuentemente sin el partidismo que paraliza a la política nacional.