The next Peruvian presidential election could be historic, not necessarily because of its outcome, but because it seems to be steeped in the past, with the participation of several actors from old times, although some may be trying some new tricks. 

There are striking similarities between Colombia’s and Mexico’s experiences with drugs, politics, and violence. 

While protestors threw Molotov cocktails and Mexico’s president said “We are all from Ayotzinapa,” commentators foreign and domestic weighed in.  It is also clear that the famous 43 are just the tip of Mexico’s iceberg of desparecidos. 

The mayor of San Salvador defended a tribute to Roberto D’Aubuisson on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero. 

The National Truth Commission (CNV) submitted the new list of dead and missing during the Brazilian dictatorship. 

Roberto Gómez Bolaños, the Mexican comedian who created, wrote, and played the iconic television characters “El Chavo del Ocho” and “El Chapulín Colorado,” died on November 28, 2014 at the age of 85. Gómez Bolaños got his nickname, derived from the Spanish pronunciation of “Shakespeare” (“Chespir”) with the common diminutive “ito” added to the end,

Following his visit to neighboring Brazil, Jorge Capitanich said that the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner administration wants to “invigorate trade relations” with Argentina’s top regional partner while admitting a drop in the “volume of transactions.” 

Bolivia’s demand that Chile grant it access to the Pacific Ocean continues to spark commentary.

A traveling group of Central American mothers made a final stop in Mexico City, with some of them visiting the Northern Male Detention Center and others going to the Universidad Iberoamericana. 

How should the often emotional desire for change be dealt with in Liberal democracies?