In Página/12 of Buenos Aires Mempo Giardinelli responded to The New York Times columnist Roger Cohen’s piece titled “Cry for me Argentina.” 

Folha de São Paulo editorialized that while President Dilma Rousseff’s popularity had recovered somewhat since the protests of June 2013, the nation still feels a certain malaise, with a vague sense that all is not going well.  

In BNAmericas of Santiago Andrew Rogers reported that US-based networking company Cisco sees strong growth opportunities in Colombia, and is aiming to double its revenues in the country within the next three years, according to the company’s newly appointed general manager for Colombia, Christian Onetto. 

PáginaSIETE of La Paz was proud to report that the Bolivian economy grew 6.8% in 2013. 

El Espectador of Bogotá reported that drought in Brazil has driven up the price of coffee, soybeans, and sugar. 

The Buenos Aires Herald reported that in her first public appearance in the province of Buenos Aires since her surgery, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called for the contribution of economic players to help those who still have less.

Panamá América of Panama City reported that the IMF deputy managing director Naoyuki Shinohara pointed to the “risk” for the economies of several Latin American countries that depend on raw materials. 

DominicanToday of Santo Domingo reported that a combined force of U.S. Customs, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement operating under the Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) apprehended 57 undocumented migrants from Haiti, Dominican Republic and Brazil, attempting to enter Puerto Rico’s west coast. 

El Periódico of Guatemala City reported that the State Department’s annual report on the world situation highlighted problems in Central America.  These include Guatemala’s “widespread institutional corruption, particularly in the police and judicial sectors.”

El Universal of Mexico City observed that U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto for his efforts to carry out “promising” reforms to make Mexico more competitive and give greater opportunities to the Mexican people.