A day before a UN global conference on migration, the US pulled out of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants. The Declaration calls for a 'more humane approach', with migration being 'safe, orderly and regular'. The Trump administration views the Declaration as incompatible with its national sovereignty. The move is likely to freeze the relations between the US and the UN even further, as the US previously pulled out of the UN climate change agreements and Unesco.

After the results started dropping in on Wednesday following the presidential election earlier that week, Honduras faces a political crisis. The opposition's candidate Salvador Nasralla, who initially seemed to win, appears to be losing the election to the incumbent Juan Orlando Hernández. The election and the subsequent turmoil has attracted attention from around the world, with the European Parliament and the Organisation of American Churches calling for tensions to calm down.

Although expected to win, former president Sebastián Piñera had to concede victory to two left-wing parties. The leading left-wing party, the Broad Front, is often compared to Spain's podemos. Although regarded by some analists as populist left, the gains of the Broad Front may also indicate a new political generation. Coupled with a high percentage of abstention votes, the country faces a strong dissatisfaction with the political class. As such, the Broad Front presented a new kind of politics and gained from this approach.

After a vote on Wednesday in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies Michel Temer, avoided being put on trial for charges of corruption. The vote, which saw 251 out of 513 deputies vote in favour of Temer, went in his favour despite low approval rates. Temer got to power after Dilma Roussef's impeachement in August, but has since been plagued by scandals. The charges of corruption emerged out of a national inquirery into corruption among Brazil's political class, which has seen dozens of politicians accused and tried already. This might also be why Temer secured the vote, as many of the deputies themselves stand accused of corruption too.

The result of the mid-term congressional elections of Monday ended in a victory for presindent's Mauricio Macri's coalition. The vote comes as another blow for the left-wing governments which were prominent in Latin-America for a long time. After Brazil's president Dilma Roussef and the severe pressure on president Maduro in Venezuela, this turn in government in Argentina is a peaceful one though. The centre-right His Cambiemos (Let's Change) movement won in 13 of Argentina's 23 provinces, including the five most populous urban areas. The president promised reforms but still needs alliances in the congress, as his movement is still a minority bloc. The split in the opposition, however, seems to give him space to get on with his legislative reformist agenda.

Following the promise of president Trump to renegotiate NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Association, trade talks have begun on Wednesday. President Trump has called the agreement bad for the USA and wants to get more favourable conditions, even if this might mean stepping out the association. Trade is foundational pillar of Trump’s foreign policy, as he sees the free trade agreements like NAFTA and TTP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) as a threat to USA’s welfare and trade balance. His aim is to renegotiate such trade agreements or to step out if the demands of the USA are not met.