The St. Petersburg Times
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 00:00
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he spoke with Zelaya by phone on Tuesday morning, and that Zelaya had passed the night as peacefully as could be expected. Zelaya has been holed up at the embassy since Monday.
Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 00:00
Cuba and the United States sat down for rare talks aimed at re-establishing direct mail service Thursday, a modest but positive step that caps a bitter week of recriminations
Monday, September 14, 2009 - 00:00
Thursday night, Rep. David Rivera, a Miami Republican, and Naples cattleman John Parke Wright IV locked horns over United States policy toward Cuba in a debate held in the wood-paneled enclave of downtown Tampa's University Club.
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
The success in Colombia is, in part, due to a shift from aerial fumigation of crops to manual eradication on the ground
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 00:00
Two Latin American leaders have visited the island without meeting Castro, events that in the past would have generated photos and written remarks by the notoriously prolific comandante.
Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 00:00
Obama has said he is willing to sit down for talks with Cuban President Raul Castro. And some analysts believe the 46-year-old U.S. embargo could be on its last legs, presaging the day Americans will flock back to Havana.
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 00:00
In a landmark shift of opinion, a majority of Cuban-Americans now favor ending the 46-year-old economic embargo and restoring diplomatic relations
Monday, November 24, 2008 - 00:00
Renowned as Colombia's most violent city, Buenaventura is on the front line of Colombia's drug war, a choke point for lucrative cocaine smuggling routes
Monday, November 10, 2008 - 00:00
This year, the case of the Trujillo killings was dramatically re-opened after an independent report was published by a distinguished group of researchers calling themselves the Historical Memory Group.
Monday, July 21, 2008 - 00:00
As the freed hostages — including three American defense contractors held for more than five years — piece their lives together, the families of other hostages continue to wait