The Miami Herald
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
Judging from the latest headlines, you might think that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's radical-leftist populism is gaining ground in Latin America, and that it will expand its influence in the region over the next few years. But...
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:00
Mexican police say they have captured a Colombian cartel operative who served as a liaison to a Mexican drug gang. Police say Ever Villafane Martinez represented Colombia's Norte del Valle drug cartel in dealings with Mexico's Beltran Leyva gang.
Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 00:00
Two new studies by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) say that Latin American governments' tax collection is not only way below that of the world's 30 most industrialized countries, but also lower than that
Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez's authority to enact sweeping measures by presidential decree expired on Thursday, but lawmakers said Venezuela's National Assembly could renew it if necessary.
Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 00:00
Two years after a crippling stomach illness forced him to give up power, a hospitalized Fidel Castro is still in his Adidas track suits, still writing newspaper columns on international affairs and, experts say, still getting in his brother's way.
Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 00:00
Citgo stations throughout the United States are now selling Venezuelan java along with their gasoline, providing consumers with a bit of fuel for themselves while offering an important overseas market to the South American nation's coffee producers.
Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 00:00
During the Cold War, the United States was of two minds regarding the Third World. Did the new nations in Africa and Asia provide fodder for Soviet expansionism? Were Iran under the reformist Mohammed Mosaddeq or Guatemala under Jacobo Arbenz on the brink
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 00:00
One of the biggest drug trials in United States history is under way. On trial: alleged drug kingpin Hernan Prada
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 00:00
In 1978, in a stone oven on the town's outskirts, the Roman Catholic Church found the bodies of 11 poor farmers and four youths who were executed by Chile's military dictatorship. Police had accused the victims of being leftist subversives and arrested th
Monday, July 28, 2008 - 00:00
Two U.S. marshals were waiting in San Jose July 17 to escort Chere Lyn Tomayko to the United States, where she would face trial on kidnapping charges.