Just when the Catholic Movement for a Free Choice gave its semiannual report on femicide, reporting 51 dead women (46 in Nicaragua, and 5 abroad), police of Bonanza reported the death of Nicasia Inés Hernández Salgado, 35, shot to death by her partner.  And in Guatemala few cases of violence against women are ever resolved

The reelection of President Juan Manuel Santos presents Colombia with many choices.  It won’t get easier. 

The discussion of violence in Mexico today is crucial because for decades Mexicans have lived through a spiral of fear and insecurity that has come to overshadow their very existence. 

The first round wasn’t even over when the verdict came in: Brazil 2014 is the best World Cup since Spain 1982, and may go down as the best ever if the superb level of play continues through the final. 

UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) had been silent about abuses in Venezuela, though voices in the human rights community and on the Venezuelan left are beginning to speak out against President Nicolás Maduro. 

  Brazil’s World Cup could have a huge effect on the October presidential election; leaders of the Brazilian Labor Party broke with the governing coalition and have gone over to the opposition candidate.  

Horacio Serpa urged former President Uribe to respect democracy as President Santos must now deal with a plethora of conflicting interests, and the leader of the UP says Colombia’s left must reorganize and unite. 

The arguments over voluntary versus compulsory voting in Latin America continue, and were given new strength after the presidential election in Colombia in which just shy of 50% of voters turned out. 

The PRSC calls on Dominican women to restore family values. 

Beginning in 2015, Honduras will be a member of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, where it will promote sustainable tourism and combat insecurity.