Cuba and the European Union are now negotiating over new agreements regarding political dialogue and economic cooperation. 

On his first trip to Central America in the 1980s, the now sainted Pope John Paul II blithely disregarded the bloody deeds of his hosts in Guatemala and El Salvador as well as those of the U.S. supported Contras attacking Nicaragua. 

The government of President José Mujica in Uruguay offered his country as a refuge for Syrian child victims of war in that country, shortly after becoming the first South American nation to accept a U.S. proposal to host Guantanamo detainees. 

Venezuela’s Roman Catholic Church has accused President Nicolás Maduro’s government of “totalitarian” tendencies and “brutal repression” of demonstrators during two months of political unrest that has killed several dozen people. 

Developers say the Golfito Marina Village & Resort’s deep-water marina will accommodate “gigayachts” up to 350 feet. 

Even if the French press did not give it much notice, the visit to Cuba by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius marked a new stage in the relations between the island and the EU. 

Less than three months before the most important soccer event in the world, mass demonstrations continue throughout the country. 

Cuba needs to attract $2 billion to $2.5 billion in foreign direct investment per year to reach its economic growth target of 7 percent, the Minister for Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, said on Cuban state television. 

Representatives of Latin American immigrants in the U.S. asked Pope Francis to intercede with U.S. President Barack Obama to end deportations of undocumented immigrants. 

In early April Panama hosted the Ninth World Economic Forum for Latin America, and expected to host 600 leaders from government, industry, civil society, and academia from over fifty  countries, there to analyze the challenges facing the region.