Hemispheric Updates

What did our readers want to know more about this year? From elections to the economy, we share a roundup of the most popular content.

From a book of cross-border children’s poetry to a Quechua-language film to a “gloriously demented” Brazilian Western, here’s what we enjoyed this year.

After the National Assembly approved a package of constitutional reforms, President Laurentino Cortizo—and protesters—expressed concern over the amendments.

Latin America’s longest continuously serving president stepped down November 10. AS/COA Online tracks events from election day through Morales’ resignation.

Left-leaning politicians will occupy the mayor’s seat in the country’s three biggest cities, while uribismo lost races across the board.

President Sebastián Piñera swore in eight cabinet ministers amid national protests.

The governing Broad Front coalition’s Daniel Martínez will face the National Party’s Luis Lacalle Pou in what could be a tight November 24 runoff.