La Prensa of Managua noted that the attorney general of Mexico, Jesús Murillo, confirmed a clash between military and self-defense groups in the state of Michoacán during an attempt at disarmament of these groups,

El Espectador of Bogotá noted that the discovery of marijuana in suitcases of tourists returning to Argentina from Montevideo by river or air has been growing

El Espectador of Bogotá reported that the FARC strongly criticized the military cooperation between Colombia and the U.S. 

Edurne Navarro wrote in El Periódico of Guatemala City that the new head of the Asociación de Periodistas de Guatemala (APG), Hugo Rolando López, believes that “journalists have no protection.” 

Semana Magazine of Bogotá noted that in Venezuela people call them “miguelitos,” spikes and nails that tear tires.

In El Nuevo Diario of Managua, Karlos Navarro wrote that during most of the twentieth century Nicaraguan political life has been dominated by “different ideological hues” of authoritarianism. 

MercoPress of Montevideo noted that 2014 will be a big year for elections in Latin America, with significant contests in Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Uruguay, Panama, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. 

Edward Davis wrote in La Nación of Buenos Aires that President Rousseff’s year is off to a tough start,

Martín Gambarotta asserted in the Buenos Aires Herald that now in Argentina ‘K’ is for Kicillof. 

In La Jornada of Mexico City Alma E. Muñoz observed that Andrés Manuel López Obrador had announced a new stage of struggle to combat corruption,