So argued León Valencia in Semana Magazine of Bogotá.  Things have not gone well lately for former President Álvaro Uribe. 

Sergio Arauz of El Faro Magazine of San Salvador spoke with Marcos Rodríguez, a key advisor

El Telégrafo of Guayaquil explored the case of Ecuador in an editorial. 

Juan Manuel López Caballero in Dinero Magazine of Bogotá remembered that at one point in his term, the then President of Colombia, Alfonso López Michelsen, wondered whether Colombia would be falling into the category of “non-viable countries.” 

In El Universal of Mexico City Alberto Aziz Nassif argued that in Mexico “power vacuums are filled by the worst special interests.” 

Mario Fuentes Destarac observed in El Periódico of Guatemala City that “shortness of breath is the pressing, urgent feeling of losing the ability to inhale,” and that there are parallels between the breathlessness of an individual and the severe dysfunction afflicting Guatemalan democracy. 

In mid January Pope Francis tapped 19 bishops to be Cardinals (they will be officially elevated at the next consistory ceremony on February 22, 2014)

Semana Magazine of Bogotá wrote that about 170 archaeologists and workers have been digging over the last year for artefacts left by Colombia’s Herrera culture, dating from 900 BCE, located in the municipality of Soacha, south of Bogotá. 

According to Robert Solomón in El Faro Magazine of San Salvador, “it must be said” that in El Salvador there is now “high energy” in the theatrical realm. 

Ariel Espinoza wrote in ABCColor of Asunción about Pedro Martínez and his contribution to Paraguayan music and folklore.