El Periódico of Guatemala City reported that the coffee industry in Central America will require at least two years to recover from the plague of rust, which has affected half of the region’s plantations and about 500,000 jobs, and caused losses of $681 million U.S. dollars,

La Tribuna of Tegucigalpa recounted the death of yet another young victim of severe dengue. 

Dominican Today of Santo Domingo announced that the environmental organization Grupo Jaragua won the Brugal distillers’ Grand Prize 2013, for its work to protect the country’s natural resources, in the 22nd annual awards hosted by the Brugal Foundation.  

Dominican Today of Santo Domingo lamented that the number of Dominicans and Puerto Ricans in New York City will fall by 2020, according to a demographic study released City University of New York’s (CUNY) Social Studies Center. 

The Buenos Aires Herald reported that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro expelled the top U.S. diplomat in his country, along with two others, accusing them of meeting with opposition leaders and encouraging “acts of sabotage” against his country. 

Buenos Aires Herald reported that Argentina has taken the Botnia pulp mill dispute to The Hague.

Prensa Libre of Guatemala City reported that Guatemala and Argentina have signed an agreement against organized crime. 

Mercopress of Montevideo observed that the U.S. Supreme Court left intact a ruling that may force Argentina to make payments on defaulted government bonds, rejecting that country’s appeal in a clash that has roiled its financial markets.

PáginaSIETE of La Paz confirmed that another Chilean candidate for president now advocates a solution to Bolivia’s landlocked situation. 

Zach Dyer reported in The Tico Times of San José, Costa Rica that the Canadian gold-mining company Infinito Gold Ltd. announced its intentions to go forward with a $1 billion lawsuit against Costa Rica over the retracted Las Crucitas open-pit gold mining concession in northern Costa Rica.