In a televised press conference on Monday, electoral authorities said that opponents managed to collect enough signatures to begin the process to recall President Nicolas Maduro. According to the National Election Council (CNE) 407.622 signatures were collected with only 1.326 instances of voter identity fraud.

On Wednesday, the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur has been transferred to Venezuela despite objections of right-wing governments in the region. In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry of Uruguay, there are no legal impediments to prevent Venezuela from having the presidency, despite Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay opposing it. Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Uruguay's Foreign Minister announced he had notified other foreign ministers of the member states, as well as presented a report on the activities during their period ahead of the bloc.

Donald Trump rejected criticism from the father of a soldier killed in Iraq who said the Republican presidential nominee had "sacrificed nothing and no one" and questioned whether the mother was allowed to speak during the couple's appearance at the Democratic convention. Khizr Khan, a U.S. citizen of Pakistani origin and a Muslim, won widespread praise when he spoke Thursday at the Democratic National Convention, telling the story of his son, U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed by a bomb in Iraq in 2004.

The Ecuadorean government said on Friday that the U.S. does not have a right nor does it have a mandate to criticize the internal policies of foreign countries. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Guillaume Long said „The United States has no international or multilateral mandate … to go around judging countries, to play the role of judge of the world,  no country has that right, there are international bodies for that”.

On Saturday, workers of community and alternative media outlets protested in the streets of Buenos Aires demanding payment of government funded programs for non-profit media, mandated under the country’s media law. They claim payments have been delayed since Macri made changes in the media legislation when he took office in December.

Recently was announced about Hillary Clinton as a nominee, but just in these days she had officially accepted the nomination as a candidate from Democratic Party running for a president of the United States of America. In comparing to RNC, during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, there was more solidarity and unity among delegates and representatives of the party. There were less misunderstandings and confusions. None of the speakers were blamed on plagiarism and endorsement failures. Entire Convention was going more harmonious and sentimental. All the speakers and delegates supported the nominee and call on to vote for democratic matters and principles.