Elizabeth Melimopoulos

Mexico is poised to implement controversial judicial reforms that have divided both the country and its justice system.

Opposition leaders, including Machado, promise to continue ‘their fight’ against President Nicolas Maduro.

Tensions escalate in Venezuela with the opposition releasing what it says is proof of electoral fraud.

Maduro was declared the winner of the presidential vote on Sunday; however, the opposition has contested these results.

The country’s first female president faces a raft of challenges, from crime to a fractured polity.

Sunday’s referendum will be held over the fate of Essequibo, an oil-rich Guyana-ruled region that Venezuela claims.