The Miami Herald
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 00:00
Carlos Lopez Contreras was named foreign affairs minister and sworn in at the presidential palace. Contreras had been the head of Micheletti's negotiating team
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 00:00
Chavez's desperate efforts to continue attacking the United States underscore his need for a powerful public enemy on the international stage
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 00:00
Six journalists from Telesur and Venezolana de Television were stopped in the parking lot of their hotel Saturday night and taken to a police station in downtown Tegucigalpa
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 00:00
It appears U.S. policy protects a sitting president regardless of a leader's illegal acts, rather than seeking to protect the larger constitutional order or democratic institutions
Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 00:00
A former Bolivian cabinet member dubbed the ''minister of cocaine'' was deported to his native country late Wednesday after serving almost 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to smuggle cocaine into South Florida.
Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 00:00
Leaders of the exclusive club of eight industrialized nations open up their forum Thursday to the five fastest developing market economies - Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa - tacit admission that their leadership alone is not enough to fix
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 00:00
The dueling Honduran governments agreed Tuesday to allow Costa Rican President Oscar Arias to mediate their political dispute, paving the way for a possible resolution to a crisis that has stretched for nearly two weeks and polarized the country.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 00:00
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is to meet behind closed doors Tuesday afternoon with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as both sides laying claim to the Central American country's government arrive to press their cases in Washington.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 00:00
Diplomatic efforts to restore Manuel Zelaya to Honduras' presidency shifted back to Washington on Tuesday, as supporters of the ousted leader threatened to escalate protests across the poor Central American nation.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 00:00
Once the dust settles from the military coup in Honduras, there's likely to be negotiations between the interim government and regional leaders, leading to early elections where ousted President Manuel Zelaya would be allowed back but barred from running