While Santos enjoys an official visit to the UK, his inflamatory remarks about a group of human rights lawyers who have worked for years to end impunity in Colombia, has left them fearing for their lives in Bogotá.
On Thursday the 15th of July, Argentina became the first country in Latin America to legalize gay marriage, granting to gay and lesbian couples the same legal rights and benefits that heterosexual couples have traditionally enjoyed.
Supported by the Instituto Cervantes, a retrospective on the great film director's Flamenco passion, which marked his career and helped force the arts establishments in Spain and abroad to give this great artform the respect it was due.
Even if you may not want to relive those extruciating football matches between England and Argentina, we know you can't resist a peak at the highlights...
Maria Castro makes a case against the demolition of Seven Sister's indoor market, where Colombians who have fled displacement to build a livelihood, face displacement again.
Keep your eye on these events and support your Latin American contenders, exluding Brazil, Argentina, Cuba and Mexico (see their lists separately in Sports)!