Venezuela’s attorney general said Friday that prosecutors have received 145 complaints for human-rights violations by members of security forces during the last two months of anti-government protests. 

Taxi drivers in the DR are fearful of the night. 

President Mujica has sponsored the bill as an alternative to drugs repression which has failed worldwide. 

Peña Nieto announced $10 million in aid for Central America. 

Chile admits that Bolivian arguments regarding access to the Pacific are “intelligent.” 

Minister of Justice and Public Security of El Salvador, Ricardo Perdomo, said that his country was receiving weapons on the black market from Guatemala and Honduras, while long guns, such as assault rifles, were provided by the Mexican cartel Los Zetas. 

The death of Gabriel García Márquez was a major seismic event that generated a tsunami of coverage in the Latin American media.  It focused the attention of the entire region, and was the top story in every major paper in Spanish-speaking Latin America (and Spain, as well).  Stories about Gabo will likely continue to pour

Doctors and parents of children speak out to limit the use of TV before bed. 

Alleged cures using magic spells in the state of Quintana Roo have become a thriving business, and can be punished with up to 12 years in prison. 

At least 10 countries worldwide will participate in protests against Chevron’s actions in Ecuador that will begin on May 21.