Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales announced that a nuclear center will be built using Russian technology and it will present no risk to the environment. 

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, rejected statements by the head of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Marine Corps General John Kelly, who said there is an economic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, and that, if asked, the United States is ready to assist.

The United States voted, virtually alone, against a U.N. resolution condemning its embargo on Cuba, even though President Barack Obama has called on Congress to lift the trade restrictions.  

Between 2000 and 2014, Latin America and the Caribbean have managed to curb the AIDS epidemic (13% and 52% respectively) within their borders.

Chile said that Colombia sees the Bolivian maritime claim as a “strictly bilateral issue.”

A source at the Ministry Coordinator of Strategic Sectors, who has chosen to remain anonymous due to a lack of press authorization, gave a statement that Ecuador plans to hit the global mining fair in Lima to present 25 mining projects around the country to prospective investors.

Operating in the country since March this year, the Mexican brand Big Bang officially launched operations in October.

Although progress in Mexico continues to be made on gay rights, gay parenthood is still seen as taboo. 

Black students at the University of São Paolo face backlash over their mere enrollment, as racists make arguments against quotas for the enrollment of students of color. 

Four Latin American countries occupy this year’s list of countries with only partially free access to the Internet.