Charlotte Karrlsson-Willis wrote in The Santiago Times that official bilateral relations between Chile and Peru were “stronger than ever,” ahead of the ruling over the maritime dispute, but Peruvians held a solidarity event in Chile to ease tensions.  The Hague ruling to determine sovereignty of fertile fishing waters between Chile and Peru was expected to

Buenos Aires Herald noted that the CELAC Summit got started with predictable condemnations.  The President of Cuba, Raúl Castro, warned against the “foreign interference” suffered by Latin America and the Caribbean region, at the opening of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States summit in Havana.  

La Jornada of Mexico City wrote that pleas were to no avail.  The Mexican Edgar Tamayo was executed for the murder of a Houston police officer in 1994.  Tamayo received a lethal injection and took 17 minutes to die in the execution chamber of Huntsville Prison after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the defense’s appeals. 

Prensa Libre of Guatemala City noted that the U.S. Border Patrol made ​​420,000 arrests last year.  That’s an increase of 16% over the previous year, but still 42% below the 2008 level.  More than 98% of those arrests were made at the southwest border, especially in Texas. 

ÚltimaHora of Asunción Saira Baruja insists that rural tourism is an option for this summer’s leisure time.  When the heat comes to Paraguay, “people want to enjoy the sun and fresh air. That’s when people start thinking about options for travel.” 

In El Espectador of Bogotá Marcela Díaz Sandoval noted that between the 22nd and 26th of January the streets of Madrid  would be besieged by tourists from 165 countries for the 2014 International Tourism Fair (Fitur), “the second largest in the world,” which seeks to promote tourism and trade between countries.  

Francisca Montecinos noted in La Tercera of Santiago that at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival the Chilean film “Matar a un hombre” (“To Kill a Man”) ​​won the Jury Prize for Best drama performed outside the United States. 

Óscar Collazos wrote in El Tiempo of Bogotá,  that as contemporary art has pulled away from the people, that is, has lost the understanding and sympathy of a large number of people, many “empirical” artists have been “expelled” from the new trends and taken refuge in what has been called the “folk art.” 

The Buenos Aires Herald reported another wave of piranha attacks near Rosario in the Paraná River. 

Jorge A. Pérez wrote in La Jornada of Mexico City that corporations engaged in the production of tequila and mezcal in Oaxaca are following unsustainable practices