Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged President Barack Obama to ease the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba, according to excerpts from her memoir. 

The OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza praised the deal Uruguay made to welcome six inmates of Guantanamo Bay, and said the rest of Latin America can also help to resolve the future of those individuals detained there. 

In late May the Colombian Embassy and Consulate General in Buenos Aires hosted a cultural event called “Colombia Will Seduce You” that over four days presented dance, music, circus acts, and film “to show the Argentine people the best of Colombian culture.” 

After the heavy loss of production and the decline in exports during the first quarter, Argentina’s Minister of Industry reopened negotiations with Brazil to reach a new agreement.  

Bachelet traveled to Brazil to sign an agreement to facilitate information exchange on the human rights violations, but her government still has not indicated how it will deal with Bolivia’s demand for access to the Pacific. 

The forty-fourth regular session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States was held in Asunción, Paraguay from June 3 to June 5, 2014.  The theme proposed by the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry for general debate was “Development and Social Inclusion.”  Member states had various things to say about democracy, economic growth, inequality, and

At least five people were injured in anti-World Cup protests in São Paulo when police and protesters clashed hours before the opening game of the World Cup, which has been marred by construction delays and political unrest. 

Kirchnerista academic Ricardo Forster got a new job. 

Thousands of Chilean high school and university students marched in Santiago to protest what they see as an inadequate proposal for education reform put forward by President Michelle Bachelet. 

Homophobia is still rife in Guatemala, though gay adoption is coming to Chile.