Some critics believe that one of the biggest problems for Mexico is that its middle class is complicit in a deeply entrenched inequality. 

The political opponents of the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner claim that Argentina is now “a dictatorship because the government can pass any law it likes,” and kind of miss the point about democracy. 

According to a member of its negotiating team, the FARC is and always has been a political organization. 

It has long been said that politics is the concentrated expression of economics, but over time many observers have declared this idea “outdated” or invalid.  Enter Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa.  

As Peruvians travel (and occasionally emigrate), plenty of their neighbors have passed them at the border as they come from the other direction. 

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales is unhappy with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet for striking “below the belt” with her comments.

The “Regional Initiative to Free Latin America and the Caribbean of Child Labor” was signed at of the 18th Regional Meeting of the International Labor Organization (ILO).  

The Argentine Foreign Ministry has asserted that New York Federal district judge Thomas Griesa’s contempt ruling against Argentina is in clear breach of international law, while President Fernández de Kirchner accused the “vulture funds” of “economic terrorism,” and the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning the holdouts. 

Intel expects a December launch of its Edison development platform in South America to spur a new generation of “internet of things” projects. 

The government of Venezuela pushes forward a communal economy model through the formation of more communal enterprises and community banks.