Brazil’s recently elected left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pushing new gun control regulations on the country's gun owners, requiring all of them to register each of their firearms with the police.

 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has denounced a US move to allow the possible sale of the Venezuelan state-owned oil company Citgo Petroleum by the opposition to settle creditor claims.

 Numerous questions were raised after the landslide victory of the Conservative Party of Santiago Bey Irma in the presidential elections in Paraguay about the future role of his powerful political mentor, whom the United States accuses of corruption.

 After the Colorado Party has ruled Paraguay almost uninterrupted since 1947, a broad opposition coalition in Paraguay is seeking to oust South America's longest-ruling party in elections focused on corruption, the economy, healthcare, and even relations with Taiwan.