In La Jornada of Mexico City Susana González observed that Mexico is one of the four Latin American countries with the most social and environmental conflicts caused by mining companies. 

According to El Espectador of Bogotá the Government of Bolivia described as “delusional” an article in the Wall Street Journal

Mercopress of Montevideo noted that the United Nations General Assembly recently elected Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2014.

Miguel Braun in the Buenos Aires Herald observed that when President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recently compared Argentina to Australia, knowingly or not, she was following a well-worn path. 

La República of Lima noted that China has investment projects in Latin America totaling 26 billion U.S. dollars,

La Jornada of Mexico City reported that U.S. President Barack Obama told his Brazilian counterpart, Dilma Rousseff , regarding allegations of U.S. espionage against Brazil, that there are issues over which he has little control,

So said the Mercopress of Montevideo.  “Argentines despise ‘US imperialism’ but love dollars to protect the value of their assets.” 

William Pearl maintains in El Espectador of Bogotá that “Latin America must learn the lessons of the European Union.” 

Prensa Libre of Guatemala City noted that a Panamanian official who requested anonymity confirmed that Panama’s government is granting asylum to Galo Lara,

El Espectador of Bogotá wrote that Chileans in Antofagasta protested against the Colombian community there.