Honduras Weekly of Tegucigalpa says that the Hernández administration has already begun.

Gestión of Lima reported that Peruvian celebrity chef Gastón Acurio has yet again said he will not run for president, but insisted that he will do “policy from the kitchen.” 

On December 8, 2013 Venezuela held municipal elections that were closely watched throughout the region as an indicator of how Venezuelans view the job performance of President Nicolás Maduro,

El Heraldo of Tegucigalpa reported that in 2013 over 37,500 Hondurans were deported by the United States. 

El Espectador of Bogotá noted that U.S. President Barack Obama’s support for the Colombian government’s dialogue with FARC gives a new twist

So reported La Jornada of Mexico City.  Arkansas State University will start building its campus in February, with an investment of $50 million, funded by private investors. 

So said Silvia Pisani in La Nación of Buenos Aires, noting acerbically that it didn’t seem like a “compliment” for what the ruling Peronistas call the “winning decade.” 

In early December 2013 a wave of looting spread from the city and province of Córdoba to other cities round Argentina. 

MercoPress of Montevideo examined the recently inaugurated Paraguayan president, Horacio Cartes, and his attempts to improve the living conditions of the majority of a population

El Tiempo of Bogotá noted that the mayor of Valledupar, Fredy Socarrás Royals, believes that one of the better ways to fight corruption in public administration is to appoint