The Buenos Aires Herald noted that political violence escalated in Argentina as campaigning neared an end. 

Fernando Camacho and Georgina Saldierna reported in La Jornada of Mexico City that the U.N Human Rights Council recently recommended that the Mexican state reform its code of military justice,

Sagrario Ortega argued in El Espectador of Bogotá that the “business” of “virtual kidnapping” is spreading from Mexico to other Latin American countries. 

Patricio Navia in Buenos Aires Herald concluded that a year before the presidential election in Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff is vulnerable, but that the opposition has yet to capitalize on her problems. 

El Tiempo of Bogotá noted the challenges to be faced by Óscar Iván Zuluaga, the candidate chosen by former President Álvaro Uribe to represent his new party (since Uribe is constitutionally prohibited from running again). 

PáginaSIETE of La Paz reported that President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela created the “Vice Ministry for the People’s Supreme Social Happiness.” 

In El Universal of Mexico City Jesús Zambrano Grijalva of the PRD cut to the chase regarding the tax reform proposed by the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto.

Patricio Navia argued in the Buenos Aires Herald that in spite of Peru’s strong economic growth over the last two decades, “Peruvians show signs of discontent.” 

El Espectador of Bogotá editorialized that its neighbor’s “many problems are compounded daily.” 

The Run-Up to the Election Didn’t Look Good for the Government Marcelo Izquierdo broke it down in El Telégrafo of Guayaquil.  The opposition and dissident Peronistas expected a major victory over the governing Frente para la Victoria, FPV, especially given the absence of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who was recovering from an operation.