Rodrigo Muxfeldt Gularte, 42, was executed by firing squad on the island of Nusakambangan in the Indonesian interior. 

This was confirmed by a survey which found that unemployment and the high cost of living are the main concerns of households in Nicaragua, and many Nicaraguans believe that the Chinese backed project will not make a significant difference. 

They say that Chinese state builders are wary of becoming involved in the Nicaraguan canal project, also known as the Nicaragua Interoceanic Grand Canal, and that Chinese state companies have no interest in funding the project. 

The European Commission has confirmed its intention to forge a new political relationship with Cuba, but has not said for sure with whether President Raúl Castro will be invited to attend the Euro-Latin American summit in June. 

Argentina and the United Kingdom clash once again over the disputed islands, after the UK’s Foreign Office summoned Argentine Ambassador to London Alicia Castro to discuss recent statements made by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner regarding the increasing militarization of the Malvinas Islands. 

Peru is pursuing free trade talks with both Turkey and India. 

General García Meza was accused in court in Rome to be one of the exponents of repressive Operation Condor, but remains in prison in Bolivia. 

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has announced she will visit Cuba because the EU wanted to build on the momentum of the “interesting” things happening there to  “take the relationship forward.” 

Pope Francis spoke of his earlier comment, and of the 43 missing “normalistas” in the state of Guerrero. 

The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, said the abolition of visas for Colombians and Peruvians visiting Europe is “already decided.”