Roque Planas
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 00:00
A Cedatos Gallup poll published April 26 predicts that Correa will cruise to victory in all of the 10 proposals contained in the referendum, drawing an expected average of 60 percent.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 00:00
Dilma Rousseff's inauguration seems to have paved the way for more harmonious U.S.-Brazilian relations.
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 00:00
Ecuador's Constitutional Court last week gave the go ahead for a 10-point referendum that supporters say will help fight crime and corruption in the judiciary, but opponents deride as an attempt to consolidate power.
Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 00:00
Even as he builds support for the Victims law, the legislation faces obstacles ranging from costs to political opponents.
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 00:00
The deal was nearly set in stone when Lula left office, but after less than a month as president, his protege and successor Dilma Rousseff is now rethinking it.
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 00:00
Uribe's appointment as a visiting scholar has touched off a controversy at Georgetown.
Friday, October 8, 2010 - 00:00
South American leaders quickly responded by sending their representatives to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to Buenos Aires, where they "energetically condemned the coup attempt" against Correa.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 00:00
Brazil not only remains committed to treating drugs as a problem for the police, it is also in the process of becoming the first country in Latin America whose drug use is pushing it to adopt a more aggressive foreign policy towards its neighbors.
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 00:00
Bachelet's accomplishments in the policy realm consolidated those of previous Concertacion administrations, mixing a free-market economic model with the expansion of social protections
Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 00:00
The inauguration of the Obama administration may have been appreciated by a left-leaning region that had chafed under eight years of Bush, but Obama now finds himself pushing a military deal that raises all the familiar specters of imperialism and interve