After weeks of speculation regarding the nomination, anthropologist Ramón Rivas gets the nod from President Elect Salvador Sánchez Cerén. 

Drought-stricken Chile looks to reform its water industry. 

Guatemala inaugurated the largest solar power plant in Central America with the capacity to supply thousands of households in the country. 

Over the past couple of years, coffee production in Central America has been hit by a deadly wave of coffee leaf rust (“roya” in Spanish), a type of fungus that has hurt the production of this valued commodity in the region. 

Amid prosecutions of opposition politicians, street crime, and closely contested elections, Venezuela continues to endure crisis conditions, to the point that voices around the region are calling on Venezuelans to try harder to settle their differences. 

Bachelet’s new government is planning bills that push education reform, tax changes, women’s electoral quotas, improved reproductive rights and increased equality in Chilean society. 

What is left for Kirchnerismo?  The fight over its future and legacy are in full swing. 

Political operatives agree that if the Mexican left is divided in 2015, its opposition will be weak.  Meanwhile, Subcomandante Marcos of the EZLN can still grab headlines. 

Presidential politics and fútbol have become fused in Brazil. 

When you look at the beautiful pictures of the Dominican Republic, homeless life on the beach can look pretty good to people from colder climes.