As Brazil’s moment to host the World Cup of fútbol approaches, it has focused news coverage. 

Farmers in Bolivia set up roadblocks to protest a new electoral map, while Guatemalans blocking the entrance to a mining project faced police brutality as their protest settlement was removed. 

While debating calls by human rights organizations for Paraguay to affirm its intolerance of discrimination based on sexual orientation, Senators made remarks that generated protests. 

Artisanal professions and traditional practices continue in the Ecuadorian Andes, and Santo Domingo is a city “that has eyes everywhere.” 

Increasing growth, while fighting economic inequality, is the challenge for Panama, which is leading the pack in Latin America in curbing cigarette consumption. 

Brazil approved a landmark Internet Rights Law while President Rousseff announced welfare reform. 

Peruvian universities were ranked low in the latest international competitiveness rankings as the legislature debates measures for university education. 

In mid May farmers ended their strike in southwest Colombia, but remained skeptical of the government’s plan. 

The Chamber of Deputies approved an amendment limiting military jurisdiction in cases of crimes by military personnel against citizens so that members of the armed forces can be prosecuted in civilian courts. 

Members of various student organizations assembled in Plaza Italia to express their interest in the process of education reform.