Since the September 26, 2014 attack on students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers’ College of Ayotzinapa in Guerrero, in which 6 were killed, 25 were wounded, and another 43 were disappeared in Iguala, the state capital (120 miles south of Mexico City), Mexico has seen massive protests and Mexicans in general have participated

Returning from a trip to Poland, Cuban Baptist pastor Mario Félix Lleonart was grilled at José Martí Airport in Havana for four hours, demonstrating that travel abroad is still not considered routine or particularly encouraged in Cuba, especially if it concerns human rights. 

Around 28.5 million Latin American and Caribbean natives are living outside their countries of origin says a report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). 

In China President Michelle Bachelet reassured investors that Chile is “stable.”

U.K. Minister for Latin America, Hugo Swire, spoke of the growing presence of the United Kingdom in Latin America and more specifically on the expanding links with Paraguay.

Venezuela’s “delicate situation” has important implications for Colombia, given the two neighbors’ intimate relationship.  What happens on one side of the border can seriously affect what happens on the other. 

Bolivia’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Luis Arce Catacora, believes that Bolivia is a model for prosperity for other Latin American countries to follow.

The Peruvian Rodolfo Orellana Rengifo, leader of an alleged organization dedicated to fraud and money laundering, was expelled from Colombia and delivered to Peruvian authorities after he was apprehended in Cali. 

Though Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos contends that the FARC is weaker militarily than ever, he and the nation received a shock when the FARC captured an army general.  The incident has led to calls for a cease fire during peace negotiations, something the president has refused to allow.

Most recent cases of torture in Argentina were reported in police stations and penitentiaries located in Buenos Aires province, a report says.