Rory Carroll
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 00:00
Barack Obama has reportedly tapped Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to be the next head of the World Bank
Friday, May 22, 2009 - 00:00
Swine flu may have attracted the headlines, but the real killer in Mexico is the savage drugs war that has claimed an appalling 7,600 lives in the last 18 months.
Friday, May 22, 2009 - 00:00
Ecology and culture at stake say environmentalists, as government plans to exploit rainforest for oil, gas and timber
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 00:00
President on course to be first leader in a century to win two consecutive terms after exit polls give him 54% of the vote
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 00:00
Climate change robs Uru Chipaya of lifeline that had sustained them for millennia
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 00:00
Fidel Castro has dampened expectations of improved ties between Cuba and the United States by saying an apparent olive branch from his brother Raul had been "misinterpreted".
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
President Evo Morales has said that an alleged assassination plot against him by Balkan mercenaries and an Irishman may have been backed by the US embassy in the Bolivian capital La Paz.
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 00:00
Successive US drug czars put a brave face on the results but Washington's patience has frayed
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 00:00
President Barack Obama is poised to offer an olive branch to Cuba in an effort to repair the US's tattered reputation in Latin America
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 00:00
Unlike previous ideology-infused victory addresses, his speech on Sunday promised improved governance - a concession to complaints about crime, uncollected rubbish and creaking public services