Grapes, yellow underwear and packed suitcases are just a few of the ways in which Latin Americans initiate the New Year.

Following his visit to neighboring Brazil, Jorge Capitanich said that the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner administration wants to “invigorate trade relations” with Argentina’s top regional partner while admitting a drop in the “volume of transactions.” 

Bolivia’s demand that Chile grant it access to the Pacific Ocean continues to spark commentary.

A traveling group of Central American mothers made a final stop in Mexico City, with some of them visiting the Northern Male Detention Center and others going to the Universidad Iberoamericana. 

Venezuela’s “delicate situation” has important implications for Colombia, given the two neighbors’ intimate relationship.  What happens on one side of the border can seriously affect what happens on the other. 

Bolivia’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Luis Arce Catacora, believes that Bolivia is a model for prosperity for other Latin American countries to follow.

The Peruvian Rodolfo Orellana Rengifo, leader of an alleged organization dedicated to fraud and money laundering, was expelled from Colombia and delivered to Peruvian authorities after he was apprehended in Cali. 

A group of poets, intellectuals, and representatives of victims’ organizations from various countries expressed their solidarity with relatives of the 43 missing normal school students of Ayotzinapa, disappeared in what they described as a “state crime.” 

President Ollanta Humala said that the position of the Peruvian government with respect to the so-called “terrestrial triangle” is clear and “consistent” with the 1929 Treaty signed with Chile.  

Analysts weighed the impact of President Dilma Rousseff’s reelection on Colombia.