Once hailed as a cheap and accessible vaccine option for the region, Russia’s Sputnik V has run into delivery problems in Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico, and elsewhere.
Several of the new Peruvian president’s picks seem designed to provoke controversy.
On August 1, voters will voice whether past leaders' crimes should be investigated and punished. There are catches.
Two young newcomers—Gabriel Boric on the left and Sebastián Sichel on the right—beat out frontrunners to lead their respective coalitions. The presidential vote takes place in November.
Abnormally dry conditions in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Paraguay threaten water reserves and economic recovery.
President Jovenel Moïse’s constitutional referendum stalled, but he’s found other ways to consolidate political power amid calls for his resignation.
With nearly all votes counted, the first-time presidential candidate is ahead of rival Keiko Fujimori by less than half a percentage point.
