In La Jornada of Mexico City Arnaldo Córdova notes that “nationalism in Mexico has never been a defining feature of the political and social forces of the right, conservative or reactionary.” 

So argues Nelson Motta in O Globo of Rio de Janeiro.  History “confirms,” he says, that “compulsory voting” is “a way to legitimize the illegitimate and give an appearance of democracy.” 

The consensus around the region in early October 2013 was that trouble is brewing in Venezuela.  According to stories in the Venezuelan media, the country was recently turned down by China for a loan.  Also, despite roughly $90 billion a year in oil revenue, Venezuela has trouble importing basic consumer goods.  And

O Globo of Rio de Janeiro noted that two months before the first anniversary of the death of Oscar Niemeyer, who died on December 5, 2012, an admirer of his work has produced a tribute. 

In Prensa Libre of Guatemala City Frank La Rue Lewy told of attending the VI International Human Rights Film Festival in Mexico, organized by a major movie theater chain and twenty other businesses, which he believes demonstrates “a commitment to citizenship, personal fulfillment, and a better future” for Mexico. 

Honduras Weekly of Tegucigalpa observed that the overthrow of President Manuel Zelaya on June 28, 2009, was a traumatic experience for the Honduran people and a transformative event in Honduran history.

Mario Barrero Fajardo wrote in RazónPública of Bogotá about Álvaro Mutis on the eve of his death.  He

El Periódico of Guatemala City reported that the fourth International Film Festival of Puebla (FIC- Puebla)

La Jornada of Mexico City recorded that Gabriel García Márquez officiated at the opening of a bowling

Latinamerica Press of Lima shamed Brazil, Mexico, and Peru for being among the top 10 countries of the