Journalists still face threats, attacks, moves to silence their voices, and death throughout Mexico. 

Just months into her second term, the Brazilian president faces a political and economic crisis driven by vocal (but not necessarily united) opposition forces, a scandal at the state-owned oil company (Petrobras), and a faltering economy.  The Petrobras corruption case and proposed fiscal adjustments have taken a toll on her approval numbers throughout the country. 

The festivals that fill Cusco’s cultural calendar honor a unique blend of Andean and Catholic traditions. Every June 24th during Inti Raymi thousands of Peruvians and visitors take to the city streets for dancing, music, and colorful cultural reenactments.  

Jason has been so close to the crocodiles that he knows each by the color of its eyes. From a boat on the Rio Grande Tárcoles in Costa Rica, tourists look on in awe as he plays with huge reptiles and feeds them by hand. 

They are among the poorest in the region. 

So far this year ten people have died of cholera, and there have been 147 cases. 

The problem is the slowdown in the private sector. 

Given the violence that daily takes the life of at least 13 people in Honduras, a proposed general disarmament regains momentum in the National Congress. 

A Mexican mayoral candidate was decapitated in the state of Guerrero, while the federal government arrests the Zetas drug kingpin. 

Journalism, a dangerous profession in northern Paraguay, also proved deadly in Guatemala, where a journalist was murdered, soon after he reported feeling threatened.