The Miami Herald
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is defending a decision to prevent 272 officials from running in November's local elections.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 00:00
People have so little confidence in the police here that the army invited citizens to report crimes to soldiers instead.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 00:00
Patients can now seek treatment under Argentine health programs. The law also prohibits the media from releasing diets that aren't backed by a health professional and requires that high-calorie foods carry a warning label.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 00:00
A father's pain over his son's death at the hands of abductors has reverberated across a nation overwhelmed by the rising violence of a brutal drug war, sparking a public outcry and leaving the government scrambling to clean up its discredited security fo
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 00:00
A father's pain over his son's death at the hands of abductors has reverberated across a nation overwhelmed by the rising violence of a brutal drug war, sparking a public outcry and leaving the government scrambling to clean up its discredited security fo
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 00:00
A former top Peruvian intelligence analyst says ex-President Alberto Fujimori planned to execute the captured leader of the Shining Path rebel group, an execution that was never carried out.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 00:00
''I'm not running against Chavez,'' Rodriguez told McClatchy during an interview in her middle-class home. ``I'm not running for president. I'm only making a small effort against him by trying to help my city.''
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 00:00
Our opinion: Boivia's leaders must settle differences by negotiation
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 00:00
Morales said he would push for a new constitution that will be opposed by his powerful foes, the governors of the four states in eastern Bolivia known as the ''half moon'' for the states' geographic shape. Voters in those four states ratified their govern
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 00:00
Two opposition governors say they will step down without contesting their defeat in a recall referendum.