Mimi Whitefield
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 00:00
Gabriel Silva Lujan says if a long-stalled trade agreement doesn't win congressional passage this fall, it will probably be the end of the road.
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 00:00
Kevin Sullivan, the state department's point man on economic policy in the Western Hemisphere, said in a recent interview that the plan is now to send all three agreements to Congress separately but over the next few months.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 00:00
"What we saw was a lot of protocol, but nothing on the political, social or economic front that would have much of an impact."
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 00:00
That the Obamas could visit Cidade de Deus at all is a tribute to a community policing program called Police Pacification Units.
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 00:00
As President Barack Obama prepares for his trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador this week, there is optimism in the region that his swing south will begin a new relationship - one that reflects the profound changes Latin America has undergone in the past
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 00:00
This is how President Barack Obama's trip to Latin America, which is scheduled to begin Friday, is shaping up:
~ BRAZIL - Here the emphasis is expected to be on business and forging a relationship for the future.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 00:00
A senior U.S. working group is in Bogota this week to assess progress Colombia has made in labor law reform and in protecting labor union leaders from violence.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 00:00
Not only must she keep her Workers Party (PT) stalwarts happy but also the ``So that Brazil Keeps on Changing'' coalition that backed her
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 00:00
Speakers at the 14th Annual Americas Conference suggested how countries of the Americas can keep the growth going.
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 00:00
The region weathered the worldwide economic crisis largely without the inflationary spirals, debt defaults, bank collapses, capital flight and currency devaluations of the past.