Costa Rica’s new President Luis Guillermo Solis pledged to run his administration as a “glass house” and tackle the corruption “eating away” at the country and the economy. 

It can be said that the main purposes of political debate are to establish a position on a matter of public interest, and to open the door to negotiation with adversaries to reach a workable compromise and agreement. 

Bolivian President Evo Morales, the longest serving president currently in power in Latin America, is a favorite to win another five-year term in October, which would make him the longest serving leader in the history of Bolivia. 

Demonstrations continued in Venezuela in early May 2014, as the government of President Nicolás Maduro moved to dismantle protest camps created by students.  His government also started to come under more international criticism of its handling of the crisis.  While Maduro contends that opposition forces want to destabilize the country, human rights groups, the United

Among its proposals for deregulation, neoliberalism emphasizes “labor flexibility.” Yet behind the “attractive words” lurks a “precarious” reality of work without contracts, rights, or guarantees. 

Quito’s Ruta de los Calvarios provides a wealth of religious art. 

Bogotá’s international theater festival ended on a high note.   

The Popol Vuh Museum organizes a monthly lecture on issues of archaeological or historical interest. 

Many Colombians oppose the process with the FARC in Havana, and the candidate of former President Uribe’s Democratic Center (UDC) summarized their arguments very well; what are the reasons and how valid are they? 

In Central America the “criminal and terrorism nexuses are maturing.”