Anthony Boadle
Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 00:00
Brazil's top prosecutor will look into allegations that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was involved in a vote-buying scheme in Congress that led to the conviction of several of his closest aides
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 00:00
In late December, Rousseff dismissed the idea of rationing or a power crisis as "ridiculous"
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 00:00
The "mensalao" or "big monthly payments" scandal erupted in 2005 and almost toppled Lula. But he survived and was re-elected in 2006.
Friday, September 21, 2012 - 00:00
Latin America's two largest nations are trying to beef up their two-way trade, which amounts to just 2 percent of their total foreign trade.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
A healthy sounding President Hugo Chavez called Venezuelan state television from Cuba on Monday to dispel rumors fanned by a nine-day silence that he had died undergoing cancer treatment.
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 00:00
Thousands of demonstrators blocked highways in Colombia's main oil and coal producing provinces on Thursday to protest legislation that would share royalty income more evenly; exports OK
Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 00:00
With the exception of Cuba, Latin America is enjoying an unprecedented period of democratic rule and strong economic growth, Clinton and other U.S. officials told a conference of the Council of the Americas.
Friday, April 9, 2010 - 00:00
Chavez's popularity has been dented since a severe drought exposed problems in the oil-exporting nation's hydro-dependent grid and led to strict power rationing.
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 00:00
Putin will discuss energy, agriculture and defense issues with Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez and later meet Bolivian President Evo Morales.
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 00:00
General Douglas Fraser's comments in congressional testimony came a week after he told a U.S. Senate hearing that the Pentagon had no evidence of a "government-to-terrorist" connection