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The Chilean Office of the Attorney General claims that the murder of former Venezuelan lieutenant Ronald Ojeda was a political crime ordered by Caracas. And in Costa Rica and Honduras, denunciations of alleged actions against Nicaraguan exiles, commanded by the government of Ortega, are on the rise. A pattern of international persecution of opponents, in the manner of Putin’s Russia?

The right to political asylum, Latin America’s own contribution to international law, was questioned with the assault of the Ecuadorian government to the Mexican embassy. What threats does this pose at a time in which relationships in Latin America seem chaotic?

The murder of a local candidate in Mexico rattled the country and managed to bring 27 murdered contenders out of anonymity as the election approaches. In the meantime, the government continues minimizing the situation. Who’s behind it and what do they seek with this seemingly random wave of political violence?

A controversy involving this social network in the United States brings to the fore the fact that access to users’ information is a geopolitical issue. But is China the only villain? And, how protected is Latin America in this matter?

The upcoming presidential election, scheduled for July 28, is an anticipation of the odds of the opposition to beat Chavismo with a candidate with real chances. Could Maria Corina Machado (who is currently disqualified) endorse her votes to a viable candidate? Will Maduro leave anyone who poses an electoral threat out of the race? Will the opposition stay together?

With its campaigns against independent media outlets, governments of several countries in Latin America are threatening freedom of the press. Can this replicate the extremes enforced by Nicolas Maduro and Daniel Ortega to block and shut media outlets?

President Daniel Noboa tightens his grip, his crackdown on violence is starting to show results as his popularity rises. But while new denunciations of human rights violations surface, the question of to what extent he is willing to follow the example of the President of El Salvador emerges.

Never before have the votes of over 17 million Latinos been this decisive in the election of the next president of the United States. The campaign’s most influential topics will be the economy and migration, and perhaps –on the Republican side–, Millei and Bukele, the “stars” of Latin American politics.

Haiti, the second country to gain independence in the continent, seems to inexorably descend into anarchy at the hands of criminal gangs. This is a situation of enormous complexity to which the hemisphere can’t remain indifferent.

Alexei Navalny’s case in Russia brings to the forefront the drama of political prisoners worldwide. Is this phenomenon on the rise in our region now that authoritarianism is making its way through?