Felipe González arrived to assist in the defense of Leopoldo López, Antonio Ledezma, and other jailed opposition leaders. 

The European Union has signed on to Argentine-led efforts to amend global rules on sovereign restructuring. 

Pope Francis offered his “support staff” and the resources of the Catholic Church to Colombian President Juan Manual Santos and the peace process with the FARC guerrillas. 

A United Nations working group arrived in Lima to gather information on forced and involuntary disappearance cases in the country. 

The Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang, explored a free trade deal in Bogotá; Chilean President Michelle Bachelet stressed close economic and political ties between Chile and China; and Brazil contemplated Chinese cash. 

The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena said Latin Americans “did not do their homework” in the era of economic prosperity (2003-2008). 

French President Francois Hollande also demands an end to the U.S. embargo strangling the island. 

The national secretary of Good Living, Freddy Ehlers, was in France to “spread the idea of ​​good living as an indicator for countries rather than wealth and development.” 

Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean set a new record high in 2014 with $65 billion dollars, according to the Inter-American Development Bank. 

“Argentina is a country worth investing in,” CFK assured business leaders in Moscow.