The XXI São Paulo Forum met in Mexico City with the participation of 23 countries. 

President Evo Morales was applauded by the rest of the leaders attending the Mercosur Summit. This was how the integration of the plurinational state of Bolivia to the bloc was celebrated. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) was positive about the survival of Mercosur, and of its economic growth and social inclusion.

The remains of people who suffered forced disappearances more than a decade ago turned up in a landfill in Medellín; a mafia lawyer is killed in Bogotá with much mystery surrounding his death, and a convoluted constitutional law is making for an interesting situation regarding fumigation in the War on Drugs.

A low public approval rating of the peace talks does not mean that ceasefires are not beneficial; and the FARC is growing tired of receiving all the blame.

The aftermath of a double homicide in Guatemala has left journalists reeling.  

The new Safe Salvador plan combines several old plans from varying municipalities and incorporates them together on a national scale.

The very image of the two countries’ flags being raised represents a huge advance in the thawing of relations between them. 

On July 20, Cuba reopened its embassy in Washington, “an event that was the result of Cuban resistance and Latin American pressure in recent years.” 

The Cuban government still demands that the United States lift the economic embargo and close the military base at Guantánamo Bay. 

Colombian filmmaker César Acevedo’s new film, La tierra y la sombra (Land and Shadow), depicts the tragic disappearance of rural traditions in his native country as it advances toward modernization.