Colombia’s farmers and miners began a new national strike, and the government deployed thousands of police in response. 

Increased invasions of indigenous lands are pushing authorities to carry out evictions of those who have occupied the properties. 

Improved supply of products in Venezuela means fewer shortages. 

A study shows that 34% of young children under six years of age in Chile are obese or overweight, while community representatives from around the country joined in a protest of Pinochet-era legislation that privatized the management of water.   

With just weeks to go before Colombia’s presidential elections, polls show President Juan Manuel Santos maintains a comfortable lead, but a second round is almost certain.  Meanwhile the continuing episode of ousted Mayor Gustavo Petro hangs over the political scene. 

President Dilma Rousseff said she will be a candidate with or without support from all of her party’s allies. 

The governor of Miranda state, Henrique Capriles, addressed the opposition’s view of the effectiveness of talks with the embattled government of Nicolás Maduro. 

The Ashaninka indigenous leader Ruth Buendía received the Goldman Prize and Lima’s Mayor Susana Villarán launched her re-election campaign. 

The new, leftist president of El Salvador looks to bring former dissidents in from the cold. 

Leaders of the Kirchnerista wing of Peronismo are eying post 2015 scenarios.