Juan Forero
Friday, February 5, 2010 - 00:00
"Haiti is good for the United States, to show its humanitarian side," he said. "It's perfect for this administration, which is Democratic and liberal."
Friday, February 5, 2010 - 00:00
Although the mission is undoubtedly a humanitarian one, it has also presented the Obama administration with a political opportunity. With Latin America closely following relief efforts, a successful mission - larger, more expensive and more complex than t
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 00:00
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez's government ordered cable providers on Sunday to stop showing the popular television station RCTV, which had violated regulations requiring broadcasters to televise the socialist leader's long speeches.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 00:00
Now in his 12th year in power, Chavez has the support of half of the country's 28 million people, polls show, but rising inflation would most hurt the lower classes that are the pillar of his movement
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 00:00
Since 2003, more than 32 million people in this country of 198 million have entered the middle class, and about 20 million have risen above poverty, according to the Center for Social Policies at the Getulio Vargas Foundation.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 00:00
This week, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a club of rich nations that includes the United States, Japan and several European countries, formally invited Chile to join. Becoming the first South American nation in the 30-member g
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 00:00
Eichelt is one of 670 farmers in Lucas who are starting to observe a decades-old environmental law as part of new government efforts to stem deforestation. It calls on farmers in regions like this to set aside up to 35 percent of their farms for native pl
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 00:00
Political analysts say that if Concertacion loses, a Pinera government would tinker with -- but not overhaul -- Chile's economic model
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 00:00
A judge's report confirmed Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle's suspicion that his father was killed
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 00:00
Every few years, the global search for oil yields what's called an "elephant field" — a pool of oil believed to hold a billion barrels or more. Brazil says it's found several such fields that, once in full production, will make the South Ameri