Mexicans proclaim their rights to defend themselves amid chronic government inaction in the face of violence by organized crime. 

Peruvians are increasingly dealing with weight problems, while the Peruvian government has also pledged action on childhood malnutrition and anemia. 

Héctor Abad Faciolince wrote of “an old book” he had found, “published in Rome in 1932” that described “what the leader of a famous Italian political movement thought about peace.” 

Will shale gas and oil replace soybeans in Argentina’s economy?  Are government policies destroying Argentine businesses?  And should “redistribution tools” be used? 

As Brazil’s moment to host the World Cup of fútbol approaches, it has focused news coverage. 

Farmers in Bolivia set up roadblocks to protest a new electoral map, while Guatemalans blocking the entrance to a mining project faced police brutality as their protest settlement was removed. 

While debating calls by human rights organizations for Paraguay to affirm its intolerance of discrimination based on sexual orientation, Senators made remarks that generated protests. 

Artisanal professions and traditional practices continue in the Ecuadorian Andes, and Santo Domingo is a city “that has eyes everywhere.” 

In the months before the first round of Colombia’s presidential elections, incumbent Juan Manuel Santos of the Partido de “la U,” seemed headed for an easy victory, since his first term had benefited from steady economic growth, and he personally had gained popularity for initiating serious peace negotiations with the FARC guerrillas that have the

“La unión de América Latina” from 1924, has a crack that will be repaired.