In Prensa Libre of Guatemala City José Rosales noted that physical, psychological, and sexual assault against Indian women from different regions of the country was the main issue

The Buenos Aires Herald noted that Michelle Bachelet’s supporters in poor neighborhoods demand tuition-free education and other social benefits. 

Marco Antonio Martins in Folha de São Paulo reported that Rio de Janeiro Governor Sergio Cabral backs more aggressive action by the military police during protests. 

Lorena Baires wrote in Inside Costa Rica of San José of the search in Central America for new strategies to protect schools from the violence committed by gangs, which contributes to the academic failure of about 3.6 million children each year. 

Ever antagonistic to Kirchnerista policy, James Neilson of the Buenos Aires Herald observed that Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner insists on reinforcing her “economic model.” 

The Latin American Herald Tribune of Caracas lamented that lawmakers supporting the Venezuelan Government, along with three others from the opposition who recently switched sides, awarded President Nicolás Maduro special powers to rule for 12 continuous months

Doug Gray wrote in The Rio Times of Rio de Janeiro that some of the world’s biggest oil companies have joined forces in a successful bid for Brazil’s first Pre-Salt offshore oil field, Libra. 

La Jornada of Mexico City editorialized about what seems to be “a new dirty war” in the state of Guerrero. 

Carmen Herrera wrote in Latinamerican Press of Lima that the 2013 Global Gender Gap Report, released Oct. 25 by the World Economic Forum (WEF), ranked Nicaragua 10th in the world in gender equality — a move that the women´s movement in the country criticized,

In La Jornada of Mexico City Immanuel Wallerstein conjectured that the civil war in Colombia is coming to an end.