From Brazil's presidential impeachment to Venezuela's tanking economy, Latin America's woes went beyond the U.S. election.

Music of the Americas opens 2017 with folkloric music from Argentina fused with música popular brasileira, violin music from the Americas, Haitian virtuoso vocals, Cuban colonial music, a tribute to an Argentine songwriting legend, and a Cordóba-based festival bringing classical music to the local community.

Hurricane Matthew delayed Haiti’s presidential vote for the fourth time. Is the country ready for the November 20 election? 

After 2015 election results were scrapped, what’ll be different about the October 9 vote?

The April 24 election is tabled until another review of first-round results, while international donors threaten to withhold aid.

Here are three things to know about the postponement of the January 24 vote.

Corruption, commodity price drops, and game-changing elections. What do Latin America’s biggest events of 2015 mean for the year to come?