It is expected that relations between the two countries, marked by cooperation in the past, will continue to improve. 

In an interview with El Heraldo and La Tribuna, the highest U.N. official spoke of the challenges facing the region and Honduras. 

Former Colombian Foreign Minister Noemí Sanín and ex-Vice Minister of Justice Miguel Ceballos insist that the construction of the Gran Canal of Nicaragua is linked to a judgment made by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in which 75,000 kilometers of sea were taken from Colombia to favor Nicaragua’s interoceanic project.

In his first 21 months of papacy, Pope Francis has taken on three of the most sensitive issues for the Catholic Church: collecting fees for sacraments in parishes, adjusting to challenges of new families and the indictment of priests accused of pedophilia. 

Argentine and Chinese businesses are set to benefit from the Senate’s approval of three economic and cooperation investment pacts. 

Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, made a tour of Latin America at a time when the region faces an economic slowdown after years of prosperity. 

The DR’s top prosecutor, Francisco Domínguez, stressed to Polish authorities the importance for both countries in exacting a strong punishment on Catholic priest Wojciech Waldamar Gil (Padre Alberto). 

Protests in Venezuela in early 2014 left more than 40 dead.  The Committee Against Torture states that only five cases of the 185 reported saw charges brought by prosecutors, and the U.N. asked the country to investigate allegations of torture during the demonstrations. 

Returning from a trip to Poland, Cuban Baptist pastor Mario Félix Lleonart was grilled at José Martí Airport in Havana for four hours, demonstrating that travel abroad is still not considered routine or particularly encouraged in Cuba, especially if it concerns human rights. 

Around 28.5 million Latin American and Caribbean natives are living outside their countries of origin says a report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).