MEXICO: Activists are stepping up demands for justice over the 43 Ayoztinapa students who were forcibly disappeared in September. VENEZUELA: Venezuelan government has strongly rejected an official statement by Colombia that supports the jailed Venezuelan extremist Leopoldo Lopez. ARGENTINA: In an effort to clean up corruption, Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez has announced the creation of a new federal intelligence agency. PERU: Congress rejected a proposed youth labor law reform after massive demonstrations against the bill. SYRIA: The Islamic State group in the border town of Kobani has been defeated by Kurdish fighters