The three largest economies in Latin America are not feeling overly peppy. 

Latin American nations should pursue a “productive transformative agenda” if they want to keep their rates of economic growth above 5%, said the Director of Public Policy and Competitiveness at the Development Bank of Latin America-CAF, Michael Penfold. 

Gone are the young people who do not look at the label. 

The Dominican Republic’s State-bank could be signaling a closer embrace of mainland China. 

In its handling of e-waste Central America is a model for the rest of the world today, said a leading international expert. 

Peru is the second most profitable country in the region for direct foreign investment.  President Ollanta Humala said that mining companies should help Peru reduce its dependency on metal prices. 

The Salvadoran Ministry of Defense cannot find a key document, while the new government says it will make combating extortion a high priority. 

Pope Francis received relatives of missing persons and victims of Operation Condor, a program started in Chile under former dictator Augusto Pinochet to repress political opposition throughout South America in the 1970s and 1980s. 

The Guatemalan legislature has resolved: in Guatemala there was no genocide. 

The levels of homicidal violence in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador are higher than in some countries experiencing armed conflict.