Entire Region
- OAS Drug Study Eyes Marijuana Legalization
Frank Bajak, Associated Press, ABC News

- OAS Secretary General Presents Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas , Organization Of American States

Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru
- La Alianza del Pacifico 'nace' el jueves en Cali
Daniel Valero, El Tiempo, Portafolio

Colombia
- Colombia Farc rebels ask for 'more time' for peace deal, BBC

Mexico
- Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform
Christopher Sherman, Associated Press, News Observer

- Drones Over the Homeland: From Border Security to National Security
Tom Barry, Truthout

Venezuela
- Venezuela's Military Enters High-Crime Slums
Karl Ritter, Associate Press

- Venezuela esta dispuesta a normalizar relaciones con EEUU , Agence France Presse, El Nuevo Herald

Entire Region
- OAS Secretary General Presents Report on Drug Problem in the Americas , Organization of American States

Belize
- U.S. Navy Sponsors, Traines Belizean Navy SEAL Team, Belizean

Bolivia
- Evo Morales acusa a sindicatos de incitar al amotinamiento, BBC Mundo

Brazil, Uruguay
- Uruguay's Mujica talks up Brazil ties
Jude Webber, The Washington Post

Colombia
- En Incoder siguen adjudicando baldios a delincuentes y a ricos , El Tiempo (Colombia)

Costa Rica
- Costa Rica's communications minister resigns after presidential flight tied to businessman with suspected drug cartel links , Tico Times

- Costa Rica: el avion que puso en aprietos a la presidenta Laura Chinchilla, BBC Mundo

Guatemala
- Trial on Guatemalan Civil War Carnage Leaves Out U.S. Role
Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times

Mexico
- To tame drug violence, Mexican general takes control of chaotic Michoacan
Lizabeth Diaz, Reuters, Christian Science Monitor

- Video: In Mexico, fears for democracy as threatened journalists curtail coverage
Tim Johnson, McClatchy News Service, Idaho Statesman

- Blog del Narco: author who chronicled Mexico's drugs war forced to flee
Rory Carroll, The Guardian

Venezuela
- Venezuela: auditoria confirma resultado electoral, BBC Mundo

Brazil
- Brazil's gun control debate: Opponents try to shoot holes in disarmament law
Andrew Downie, Christian Science Monitor

- Contra pirataria, Brasil expande acao naval na Africa
João Fellet, Luis Kawaguti, BBC News

Colombia
- Plot to kill Colombian journalists uncovered
Sibylla Brodzinsky, The Guardian

- Colombian rebels recruit child fighters even as they negotiate to end conflict
Juan Forero, Washington Post

- La 'Ruta Mental' de la negociacion con las Farc
Juanita Leon, La Silla Vacia

Colombia, Costa Rica
- Laura Chinchilla alega que por "engano" volo en jet de narco colombiano , EFE, El Espectador (Colombia)

Ecuador
- FF.AA. y Policia salen en patrullajes conjuntos despues de crimenes , El Comercio

El Salvador
- El Salvador: Authorities launch new violence prevention plan, InfoSur Hoy

Entire Region
- EE. UU. propone una reforma de la politica de drogas para el siglo XXI
Gil Kerlikowske, El Tiempo (Colombia)

Mexico
- U.S.-Mexico Cooperation Against Cartels Remains Strong
Stratfor, Forbes

- In Mexico, restrictions on U.S. agents signal drug war shift
Nick Miroff, The Washington Post

Peru
- Peru pedira mas fondos antidrogas a Washington, Prensa Latina

Venezuela
- Venezuela: A House Divided , International Crisis Group

- Now Venezuela is running out of toilet paper
Fabiola Sanchez, Karl Ritter, Associated Press, Yahoo! News

Brazil
- São Paulo May Lose Cup Games , Reuters, New York Times

Colombia
- 'Desminar el pais podria ser pena alternativa para las Farc': Fiscal , El Tiempo (Colombia)

- Dialogos de paz entre las FARC y el Gobierno de Colombia se reanudan en La Habana , El Universo (Ecuador)

- Medellin innova estrategias para enfrentar el desplazamiento forzado
Andres Bermudez Lievano, La Silla Vacia

Guatemala
- Victory in Guatemala? Not Yet
Victoria Sanford, New York Times

- Jailed ex-Guatemala dictator Rios Montt remains in hospital for unspecified health problem , Associated Press, The Washington Post

Haiti
- Haiti president defends first 2 years in office
Evens Sanon, Associated Press, Miami Herald

Honduras
- TIGRES le hara frente al crimen organizado
Juan Orlando Hernandez, El Heraldo

Mexico
- Secuestro y no homicidio, lo que mas temen los mexicanos: CIDAC , Animal Politico

Peru
- Peru: Amicus Brief on Military Court Jurisdiction, Human Rights Watch

Venezuela
- Venezuela's last major opposition TV station is sold
Chris Kraul, Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times

- Capriles advierte que sacarlo de la gobernacion es un "golpe de Estado"
Alejandra M. Hernandez, El Universal (Venezuela)

Entire Region
- The Obama Administration Looks to Latin America After Years of Neglect
Tim Padgett, Time

Colombia
- Displaced by Gold Mining in Colombia
Constanza Vieira, IPS, Upside Down World

- Plan para matar a Leon Valencia , Semana

El Salvador
- El Salvador Catholic Church: Pawn or Player in Gang Truce?
Steven Dudley, InSight Crime

Honduras
- Honduran Police Accused as Death Squads
Alberto Arce, Associated Press, ABC News

Mexico
- Aviones no tripulados: tecnologia en expansion en Mexico
Liliana Juarez Gonzalez, Mexico Seguridad

Venezuela
- Maduro Government Puts Military in the Streets to Fight Crime
David Smilde, Hugo Perez Hernaiz, Venezuelan Politics And Human Rights