The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, said the abolition of visas for Colombians and Peruvians visiting Europe is “already decided.” 

U.S. President Obama’s decision to normalize relations with Cuba was greeted with praise in Latin America, but sadly the move is not leading to a new era of hemispheric relations. 

U.S. and Cuban officials met in Havana for new talks on restoring diplomatic ties, but their historic rapprochement was strained by tensions over Venezuela. 

Peru said it was withdrawing its ambassador from Chile amid an intensifying diplomatic spat that was sparked by accusations of military espionage. Peru, however, will not cut commercial ties with Chile over the spy case.

The former Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luís Almagro will become the new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), a body that has lost ground to new political structures such as UNASUR. 

Though their approach worked well “for a while,” according to critics on the center right, things have “started going badly wrong.” 

The country must invest more in education to sustain economic growth. 

Citizens who feel exasperated about the lack of progress made since the “democratic opening” that began in 1985 are considering measures that will only empower the greedy oligarchs. 

New anti-corruption legislation seems to leave possible presidential misconduct off the table. 

On March 9, 2015 U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order that declared Venezuela a national security threat to the United States, and also ordered sanctions against seven specific current or former officials under Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.  According to the White House, the move was meant as a measured response to target people