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

Correio Braziliense of Brasilia reported that Defense Minister Celso Amorim says Brazil is vulnerable

La Jornada of Mexico City observed that Pope Francis continues to condemn the  unethical economic system

La Nación of Asunción followed a delegation of Japanese tour operators in their tour of the city.  The