Archaeologists have found two ancient Mayan cities in southeastern Mexico, and the lead researcher says he believes there are “dozens” more to be found in the region. 

Nicanor Parra celebrated his 100th birthday on September 5. 

Director Sebastián del Amo’s biopic, “Cantinflas,” about Mexican actor Mario Moreno and his iconic alter ego of the same name, opened in theaters in the US on August 29.  

After the death of Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos in a plane crash on August 13, 2014, his running mate on the Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB) ticket, Marina Silva, took over as the official candidate.  She is a former minister of the environment and a former senator, who got almost 20 million votes in the

Chile is ready to bring Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance together so that Latin America can have a greater presence in the world state. 

Edison Lanza, the new Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), is a Uruguayan journalist and lawyer who wants to create standards to “help reverse the concentration process (of media control), without affecting the viability of mass communication,” and work for the protection of at risk journalists while

For the second time, Paraguay hosted the 51st Special Session of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in early September in Asunción. 

The “São Paulo Forum,” which brings together members of the Latin American left, pointed to the consolidation of its ideology in the governments of the region, but warned of renewed “destabilizing” efforts by the right, backed by the United States and its “new design of global geopolitics.” 

Recent polls have flashed a yellow light to the leftist coalition Frente Amplio (FA).  FA’s candidate, Tabaré Vázquez, insists that he can still win the presidential election in the first round, but other voices can now be heard. 

The 25 parties that make up the Mesa de Unidad Democrática (MUD) have agreed to move beyond “theoretical” discussions and focus on the “practical,” looking for “a growth strategy” to incorporate the many sectors unhappy with Chávez-Madurismo and make political change happen, especially in the parliamentary elections in 2015.