El Universal of Mexico City observed that while Hollywood uses many different places to tell its stories, Mexico seems to mostly provide backdrops for its darker tales. 

Folha de São Paula told of an exhibit called “A Better Place” at the Matilha Cultural Center in central São Paulo featuring of the work of tattoo artists from many nations. 

Alondra Flores described in La Jornada of Mexico City an exhibition of the work of Mexican cartoonist and illustrator José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) at the Museo de la Ciudad de México to mark the centenary of his death. 

Ricardo Calil in Folha de São Paulo says that “at first glance” Mariana Rondón’s new film “Pelo Malo” (“Bad Hair”) “looks like a realistic drama about daily life in a poor country seen through the eyes of a child.” 

So says Juan David Torres Duarte in El Espectador of Bogotá.  Europe and the United States have long dominated the market, but now

O Globo of Rio de Janeiro noted that two months before the first anniversary of the death of Oscar Niemeyer, who died on December 5, 2012, an admirer of his work has produced a tribute. 

In Prensa Libre of Guatemala City Frank La Rue Lewy told of attending the VI International Human Rights Film Festival in Mexico, organized by a major movie theater chain and twenty other businesses, which he believes demonstrates “a commitment to citizenship, personal fulfillment, and a better future” for Mexico. 

Honduras Weekly of Tegucigalpa observed that the overthrow of President Manuel Zelaya on June 28, 2009, was a traumatic experience for the Honduran people and a transformative event in Honduran history.

Mario Barrero Fajardo wrote in RazónPública of Bogotá about Álvaro Mutis on the eve of his death.  He

El Periódico of Guatemala City reported that the fourth International Film Festival of Puebla (FIC- Puebla)