Rory Carroll
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 00:00
The UN general assembly is expected to overwhelmingly condemn the US economic embargo against Cuba today, adding pressure on the Obama administration
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 00:00
Opinion polls put former radical ahead of ex-president Luis Alberto Lacalle but he could be forced into run-off vote next month
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 00:00
A portrait of the president greets you at reception, the managers espouse socialism, the guests wear red T-shirts and the decor promotes Latin American solidarity: welcome to Hotel Chavez
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 00:00
Honduran soldiers have blasted recordings of pig grunts and other sound effects at the embassy in which the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, is holed up
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 00:00
Under Uribes stewardship the country has made impressive gains. But scratch the surface of the shiny new Colombia and enamel flakes away
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 00:00
The problem, locals say, is that many companies act like robber barons, pillaging rather than investing, and turning the Atrato into an open vein, bleeding wealth
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 00:00
Prosecutors say he pilfered state funds. Baduel says his crime was to realise – and declare – that the president was a tyrant
Monday, October 12, 2009 - 00:00
A law unveiled last week enabled the interim government to shut radio and TV stations which incited "social anarchy" or "national hatred"
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 00:00
The leftist leader apparently traversed valleys and rivers and used a variety of vehicles, including a tractor, to wrongfoot coup leaders who banished him into exile three months ago
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 00:00
Soldiers cut water, electricity and telephone lines to Brazilian embassy where ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, is holed up