Ernesto Veloz, director of La Altagracia Province Tourism Cluster, denounced the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism for not honoring its joint agreement. 

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández announced a new monitoring system to cover the whole of Valle de Sula and Copán. 

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon delivered the opening address at COP20 in Lima stressing that it is not too late to act, while Bolivia’s President Evo Morales criticized leaders of the industrial world and capitalist corporations for their role in impeding progress to protect the environment.  Greenpeace was condemned for its act of vandalism and

It was an ordeal that lasted more than nine years, but finally Costa Rica can claim victory over the Texas oil company that was seeking more than $13 million dollars in compensation for alleged investment losses. 

Visitors can explore the history of the image on the walls of a winding staircase leading to the rooftop “Mirador” of the Caacupé sanctuary. 

In the days before the start of the COP 20 meeting in Lima, the Jorge Chávez International Airport (JCIA) hosted a “cultural installation” created by the Libélula organization for tourists and foreign visitors arriving in Peru for the climate summit. 

Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, made a tour of Latin America at a time when the region faces an economic slowdown after years of prosperity. 

The DR’s top prosecutor, Francisco Domínguez, stressed to Polish authorities the importance for both countries in exacting a strong punishment on Catholic priest Wojciech Waldamar Gil (Padre Alberto). 

Protests in Venezuela in early 2014 left more than 40 dead.  The Committee Against Torture states that only five cases of the 185 reported saw charges brought by prosecutors, and the U.N. asked the country to investigate allegations of torture during the demonstrations. 

They show that it can be done in a rational manner.