The U.S. passed legislation imposing sanctions on Venezuelan government officials it said violated protesters’ rights during demonstrations earlier this year.  In response the G77 and China condemned the sanctions and called for their repeal.  For his part, Venezuelan President Maduro said “Obama does not understand what is happening in our region and to our peoples.” 

Mujica’s involvement as a mediator started over a year ago in Havana, moved on to Washington and became instrumental at the G77 Summit in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 

In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama in an operation that left at least 500 dead. Panamanian military sources say the real reason behind the invasion was the refusal of General Manuel Noriega, a former CIA agent, to intervene against the Sandinista government of Daniel Ortega. 

In a bold move that could dramatically alter the United States’ relationship with Latin America, on December 17, 2014 Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro agreed to prisoner exchanges and a resumption of full diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba.  Cuba released American aid worker Alan Gross after five years in prison, as

The case of one transgendered individual’s ordeal to gain the right to undergo the surgical procedures necessary to realize her identity has been influential in a recent court case.

Although a negative experience led Javier Estrada Tobar to seek medical services in a private clinic instead of a public one, he insists that all services are in need of a check-up.

Laura Aguirre illustrated the discrepancy in access to abortion based on the stories of two women.

Álvaro Lasso Lokee bemoans the government we have and describes the one we really want.  

Former Colombian Foreign Minister Noemí Sanín and ex-Vice Minister of Justice Miguel Ceballos insist that the construction of the Gran Canal of Nicaragua is linked to a judgment made by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in which 75,000 kilometers of sea were taken from Colombia to favor Nicaragua’s interoceanic project.

In his first 21 months of papacy, Pope Francis has taken on three of the most sensitive issues for the Catholic Church: collecting fees for sacraments in parishes, adjusting to challenges of new families and the indictment of priests accused of pedophilia.