As U.S. states tussle with the federal government over who has the authority to enforce immigration law, Latin American governments’ protests grow louder.

With Chief-of-Staff Antonio Palocci gone, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff appointed two new ministers charged with holding together the governing coalition and ushering the president’s agenda through Congress.

On June 14, Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to make an official visit to Puerto Rico since JFK's stop in 1961. But Obama's trip may have been as much about Latino voters on the mainland as issues on the island.