Marcela Sanchez
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 00:00
Pleasing the constituents in his country was tough to begin with. But then there were the hopes of millions who saw in him the potential to affect the most pressing political and economic issues.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 00:00
Peru's greatest attraction to nations like the U.S. and China, and the source of its prosperity also underlies its greatest challenge ahead: it massive dependence on the export of its raw materials.
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 00:00
Curiously, without Uribe in the running, this campaign is still very much about him.
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 00:00
For Latin America, Biden joining Obama on the ticket leaves much to be desired. Had Obama's choice been New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Mexican-American with a nuanced understanding of the region, a much different message would have been sent
Friday, August 8, 2008 - 00:00
At a Capitol Hill event to launch the report, Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez, D-Texas, regretted how immigration advocates "lost our way" by allowing opponents to define immigration as something to be deterred rather than welcomed. Without the U.S. bu
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:00
No one can say for sure what re-electing Correa will mean for Ecuador. But it would seem that the process of rewriting constitutions perpetuates a state of flux -- an arrested development
Friday, July 25, 2008 - 00:00
In most Latin American countries, the poverty rate among the elderly is higher than the national average -- up to 20 percent higher in Mexico, for instance
Friday, July 11, 2008 - 00:00
Now is the time for Colombia and its partner, the U.S., to reconsider the present anti-drug strategy
Friday, June 6, 2008 - 00:00
The latest sign of this growing engagement will take place next week in Sacramento, Calif., when Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger launch a new partnership between Chile and the U.S.' most populous state
Friday, May 23, 2008 - 00:00
Will these leaders come clean about mass killings? Will they divulge who in Colombia's political and business establishment supported, or even encouraged, their activities?