The border between Ecuador and Colombia has 62 clandestine crossings that are used for drug trafficking, military supplies, medicines, cement, firearms, chemicals, commodities and fuel smuggling and tanks of gas.  Now there will be cameras watching. 

The private sectors from Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia agreed to form a business lobby, Urupabol, to combat protectionist policies and other obstacles implemented inside Mercosur, mainly by senior members Argentina and Brazil. 

Brazil’s inflation imperils President Rousseff’s reelection bid; São Paulo will be the main battleground in the election, while rejection of the president grows in large urban centers; and the water crisis could be a wild card.

The Conservative Party presented a bill to eliminate the new system of presidential reelection, while Senators Álvaro Uribe and Ivan Cepeda made their personal animosity clear enough, even for anyone who was not paying attention. 

Politicos and analysts spoke of the need for unity on the left, and critics kept up the ongoing struggle against energy reform. 

In his fourth year of the presidency, Humala has one last chance to impress Peruvians.  

The Table of Democratic Unity (MUD) confessed that the alliance must be better connected todifferent sectors of the country.   

A new project will rescue a Colombian rail line with a $275 million peso investment. 

Several members of congress have made ​​trips to idyllic locations under the pretense of attending courses, workshops, meetings, and conferences. 

Hondurans await the arrival of 25,000 Salvadorans during August vacations.