There have been calls for truth commissions, for the return of the students alive, and for action against impunity.  Commentators have dissected the government “crisis” and “emergency,” as well as the official uses of terror.  Mexico has been called before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, witnesses reported that their bodies have been burned, and

The FARC proposed the creation of a national census of victims; President Santos wants to speed up the process for returning land to peasants who have been displaced by violence and drug traffickers; and “Romaña,” the nom de guerre of Henry Castellanos, was sent by the FARC to negotiate in Havana.

Threatening gestures were made during the sentencing of dirty warrior Miguel Etchecolatz. 

The “Shining Path” branch, active in the “VAREM area” of Peru, has returned to older, more violent ways, while drug traffickers are terrorizing parts of Paraguay. 

For the twenty-third consecutive year, the General Assembly of the UN presented a resolution asking that the U.S. embargo on Cuba be lifted, while the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) reiterated its condemnation of the blockade, as well.

In a press conference the White House expressed concern over the case of the 43 disappeared students of Iguala, Guerrero. 

There’s a mutually beneficial relationship between man and beast at Smiti’s Chicken in Panama City.

In recent years more and more aficionados of dune surfing have been making their way to the sandy slopes of Catamarca in northwestern Argentina.

In an effort to reverse declining trends, Chile launched a plan to lure in Argentine tourists, however, a lack of coordination between Central American neighbors led to a missed opportunity for the Guatemalan tourism industry. 

Venezuelan Tourism Minister Andrés Izarra hopes to entice 100,000 passengers to take a cruise this season.