Peru is the second most profitable country in the region for direct foreign investment.  President Ollanta Humala said that mining companies should help Peru reduce its dependency on metal prices. 

The Salvadoran Ministry of Defense cannot find a key document, while the new government says it will make combating extortion a high priority. 

Pope Francis received relatives of missing persons and victims of Operation Condor, a program started in Chile under former dictator Augusto Pinochet to repress political opposition throughout South America in the 1970s and 1980s. 

The Guatemalan legislature has resolved: in Guatemala there was no genocide. 

The levels of homicidal violence in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador are higher than in some countries experiencing armed conflict. 

Mexicans proclaim their rights to defend themselves amid chronic government inaction in the face of violence by organized crime. 

Peruvians are increasingly dealing with weight problems, while the Peruvian government has also pledged action on childhood malnutrition and anemia. 

Héctor Abad Faciolince wrote of “an old book” he had found, “published in Rome in 1932” that described “what the leader of a famous Italian political movement thought about peace.” 

Will shale gas and oil replace soybeans in Argentina’s economy?  Are government policies destroying Argentine businesses?  And should “redistribution tools” be used? 

As Brazil’s moment to host the World Cup of fútbol approaches, it has focused news coverage.