El Espectador of Bogotá reported that the FARC strongly criticized the military cooperation between Colombia and the U.S. 

Edurne Navarro wrote in El Periódico of Guatemala City that the new head of the Asociación de Periodistas de Guatemala (APG), Hugo Rolando López, believes that “journalists have no protection.” 

Semana Magazine of Bogotá noted that in Venezuela people call them “miguelitos,” spikes and nails that tear tires.

El Espectador of Bogotá editorialized that Nelson Mandela was a living legend for decades, and “there is no doubt that the image of this smiling and loving grandparent will perpetuate.” 

Orsetta Bellani spoke with Cáceres in Latinamerican Press of Lima.  The indigenous leader argued that while 80% of crimes go unpunished in Honduras, social movements there are criminalized and prosecuted.

El Espectador of Bogotá reported that Alexander Fabián Huamán, alias “Héctor,” head of the Huallaga Regional Committee of the Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path, was captured in the Upper Huallaga Valley,

In La Jornada of Mexico City Fernando Camacho Servin noted that disappearances in Mexico have continued to occur

El Espectador of Bogotá reported that in Chile in 2013 there was still torture as well as practices promoting illegitimate institutional abuse,

José Meléndez wrote in El Tiempo of Bogotá about the group there that is “preparing for a possible armed conflict with Nicaragua.” 

La Jornada of Mexico City editorialized about what seems to be “a new dirty war” in the state of Guerrero.