The forty-fourth regular session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States was held in Asunción, Paraguay from June 3 to June 5, 2014.  The theme proposed by the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry for general debate was “Development and Social Inclusion.”  Member states had various things to say about democracy, economic growth, inequality, and

At least five people were injured in anti-World Cup protests in São Paulo when police and protesters clashed hours before the opening game of the World Cup, which has been marred by construction delays and political unrest. 

Kirchnerista academic Ricardo Forster got a new job. 

Thousands of Chilean high school and university students marched in Santiago to protest what they see as an inadequate proposal for education reform put forward by President Michelle Bachelet. 

Homophobia is still rife in Guatemala, though gay adoption is coming to Chile. 

Philosophers and special education teachers said they are paying the price of the accelerating deterioration of ethical and philosophical values, driven by political, social and cultural neoliberal model that encourages all forms of individualism over the collective. 

Over one million children in Colombia are victims of child labor. 

Colombians stay the course and reelect their president.  The peace process was the key. 

There is still no dialogue in Venezuela, and the opposition says it’s the result of President Maduro’s intransigence. 

The Mayor of Mexico City has a will to defend the rights of the elderly, and says the city has a “clear commitment to the left.”