BUENOS AIRES — The pope’s trail in Buenos Aires has led to the slightly shabby middle-class neighborhood of Flores, in the center of the capital. Until recently, it was more renowned for its main plaza, street sellers and a notorious slum in its southern tip. Now, it promises to be known as the birthplace of Jorge Mario Bergoglio — Francis to the faithful — and Latin America’s first pope.

BUENOS AIRES — British Prime Minister David Cameron claimed he was “delighted” with the results. Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, meanwhile, lambasted what she referred to as a vote by a “group of squatters.” The outcome of this week’s Falkland Islands’ referendum had, of course, been widely viewed as one of the most predictable plebiscites in history. And it didn’t disappoint: 99.8 percent of the islanders voted to remain a British Overseas Territory. Three lone voices — for now anonymous — voted the other way.

MEXICO CITY — Latin America, home to more than two of every five Roman Catholics alive, finally has its pope after decades of dreaming and lobbying. Still, Pope Francis hardly fits the mold of either Latin America's largely mixed-blooded population or the Jesuit order's relatively liberal social philosophy.