Raúl Castro surprised observers Monday when he said at a National Assembly meeting that Havana may reform Cuban migration laws. But the country’s Parliament did not address the country's many pressing economic issues.

An Ecuadoran court convicted a daily newspaper's directors of defamation July 20, sparking an international uproar from press freedom advocates and shining a light on Latin American libel laws.

Facing student protests, striking copper miners, and controversy over energy projects, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera shuffled his cabinet for the second time this year. Will the changes appease detractors?