Because the Catholic Church will not support gay unions and marriage, the Deputy Minister of Decolonization, Felix Cárdenas, said the clergy must break with its “machista ways.” 

In 2010 the Yaqui tribe, which is based in southern Sonora, began yet another struggle to defend its rights.  That year, the government of Sonora announced the construction of Acueducto Independencia.  The Yaquis immediately objected because the project was approved without proper consultation with the people and, above all, because it will drain one million

Critics of the democratically elected government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner have compared her strategies for dealing with the vulture funds to those of the military government that invaded the Falkland Islands, but the CFK administration fires back that the holdouts are “mobsters;” some observers think the dispute should end up in the Hague, and

The Economic Climate Index fell to its lowest point since July 2009, when the region suffered the effects of the international economic crisis.  

At the Council of the Americas meeting held in Guatemala investment opportunities in that country were presented. In the forum presenters stressed the importance of the integration of Central America to facilitate trade, investment needs in infrastructure, connectivity and human capital.

The administration of President Luis Guillermo Solís has set an ambitious goal to create 217,000 jobs and integrate more workers into the formal sector during the next four years.  The business community, however, does not share the president’s enthusiasm. 

A peace deal is unlikely by the end of year, according to the FARC’s top commander; President Santos thinks the war on drugs has failed, and that former President Uribe doesn’t want peace. 

In Colombia a murdered journalist’s body guards had been pulled, and another was killed in Honduras, while mayors were killed in Peru. 

A private jet carrying candidate Eduardo Campos, who was running third in polls for Brazil’s presidential election in October, crashed in the city of Santos, killing him and throwing the country’s election into confusion. 

The Lower House voted to replace the Pinochet-era electoral system.