The Canadian government reported that 50% of Mexicans traveling there could receive their visas in less than ten days, thanks to the CAN + program that streamlines the process in some cases. 

President Otto Pérez Molina has said that “Latin America is a land of opportunity.” 

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director for the Western Hemisphere Department Alejandro Werner has once again called for the region to embark upon economic reforms, claiming that the “least difficult” phase of economic growth is now over. 

Russia intends to promote cooperative programs in the areas of telecommunications, space technology, remote sensing, space medicine, and biology in Nicaragua. 

Cuba has arrested four Miami-based Cuban exiles suspected of planning attacks on military installations with the goal of promoting anti-government violence on the island. 

The US government has begun a competitive project on reducing child labor and improving labor rights and working conditions in Honduras, “particularly in the agricultural areas of southern Honduras and in the San Pedro Sula area.” 

Documents reveal how Brazil helped the Chilean dictatorship with the training of agents, the repression of “subversives,” and arms sales. 

Nicaragua and Honduras broke up a logistics support base of international drug traffickers operating along their common border. 

On the dusty streets of San Enrique de Velasco, a neighborhood on the northwest of Quito,  dozens of Haitians pass through. 

Uruguay and Brazil are to sign an agreement to promote the development of Uruguay’s naval construction industry, which has been described as one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy.