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. 

La República of Lima noted that China has investment projects in Latin America totaling 26 billion U.S. dollars,

Mercopress of Montevideo observed that the U.S. Supreme Court left intact a ruling that may force Argentina to make payments on defaulted government bonds, rejecting that country’s appeal in a clash that has roiled its financial markets.

Zach Dyer reported in The Tico Times of San José, Costa Rica that the Canadian gold-mining company Infinito Gold Ltd. announced its intentions to go forward with a $1 billion lawsuit against Costa Rica over the retracted Las Crucitas open-pit gold mining concession in northern Costa Rica. 

David Jessop in Dominican Today of Santo Domingo says the Russians are coming, and keep coming, to the Bavaro-Punta Cana resort region of the Dominican Republic. 

Dominican Today of Santo Domingo continued their coverage of Chinese interest in the DR.  The China International