Guatemala is still reeling from last week’s sudden resignation of Carlos Castresana, the Spanish judge who headed the UN Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala. Castresana’s announcement precipitated four decapitations in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, in addition to the ousting of an attorney general with ties to organized crime.

El Gran Café Tortoni, Argentina’s oldest and most famous café, has been an integral part of the porteño landscape and lifestyle since it opened its grand brass-handled doors to the public back in 1858, 150 years ago to date. Celebrations have been taking place since the start of 2008, with a notable performance of Puccini’s renowned opera ‘La Bohème’ currently showing with tickets selling like hot empanadas.

A new treaty to ban cluster bombs worldwide has been agreed last week in Dublin. It represents the most significant advance in the field of humanitarian and disarmament affairs since the achievement of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty.