President Rafael Correa marked his fifth year in office on January 15. With rising approval ratings, he’s poised to run for reelection in 2013, though he faces challenges in the year ahead.

During his January 14 inauguration, Otto Pérez Molina pledged to fight criminality in Guatemala and asked for regional cooperation, particularly from Washington.

Jamaica’s newly elected prime minister has said she would like to see Jamaica become a republic. But does the proposal have public support?

Escaping a protracted humanitarian crisis, Haitians have begun migrating to Brazil for jobs. Furthermore, Brazil is adopting a new approach to its relations with the Caribbean country.

Iran’s president returns to the region at a time of increasing brinkmanship with Washington. His four prior visits held similar aims to expand diplomatic and economic ties with Iran’s handful of Latin American allies.

A December 29 vote unseated Jamaica’s incumbent Labor Party in an electoral loss sparked by controversy over the extradition of a drug kingpin, as well as economic concerns.

Following more than six months of intractable protests, Chile experienced a change in leadership of both the student movement and the education ministry.