The Christian Science Monitor
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 00:00
Allies of President Hugo Chavez won 17 of 22 races for governor in Sunday's local elections, but the opposition won the two most populous states
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 00:00
President Medvedev visits Venezuela this week as a Russian nuclear warship leads joint maneuvers
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 00:00
US vessels have been making frequent calls. The island also hosts US surveillance planes
Friday, November 14, 2008 - 00:00
As its peers in the region see their oil production slipping Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras is entering a new era as the region's silent giant.
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 00:00
The country's Bolsa Familia program – which pays poor mothers to keep their children in school and follow healthcare rules – is reducing poverty.
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 00:00
While President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva – a former union firebrand – effortlessly bands together with Latin America's left, he just as easily peels away.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 00:00
It is bringing the technologies of tropical farming to other parts of Latin America, and to Africa and Asia.
Monday, November 10, 2008 - 00:00
Bolivia has given US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers three months to leave the country – claiming that agents were stirring up political strife in the deeply divided nation.
Friday, November 7, 2008 - 00:00
The Army's successes, however, have been muted by a macabre revelation that the Colombian military reportedly killed civilians to inflate their rebel body count in an effort to appear more successful
Friday, November 7, 2008 - 00:00
Mexico's battle against drug traffickers received a colossal setback Tuesday night, when two high-level officials leading the effort to stem narcotrafficking violence were killed in a plane crash