Charlotte Duffield wrote in The Santiago Times that despite efforts by Chinese government officials to tamp down the market for “status-driven wine consumption,” Chilean producers are looking to capitalize on the booming middle class’ appetite for imported wines. 

In El Nuevo Diario of Managua Luis Felipe Palacios reported that “using a well-known phrase: what Lola wants, Lola gets.” 

Carolina Enríquez wrote in El Comercio of Quito that if Ecuador fails to finalize its trade agreement with the European Union during the next year, it will have to pay tariffs in that market. 

Vistazo.com reported that China seeks to build a relationship with Ecuador that will provide a model for its cooperation with all the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. 

La República of Lima says that Peru is the seventh largest producer of avocados, with a share close to 4% of the world total. 

El Comercio of Quito reported that under the slogan “Discover Ecuador in the Middle of the World,” the country organized an event to promote itself as a tourist destination for Chinese citizens in Guangzhou province, which has more than 80 tour operators. 

In El Universal of Mexico City Francisco Reséndiz reported that the European Union and the United States have begun a second round of negotiations to realize a new free trade agreement between the two parties, and are doing so without the participation of Mexico. 

According to El Espectador of Bogotá the Government of Bolivia described as “delusional” an article in the Wall Street Journal

Mercopress of Montevideo noted that the United Nations General Assembly recently elected Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2014.

Miguel Braun in the Buenos Aires Herald observed that when President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recently compared Argentina to Australia, knowingly or not, she was following a well-worn path.