The New York Times
Thursday, November 1, 2007 - 00:00
Mrs. Kirchner inherits double-digit inflation and a lurking energy crisis, two issues that will be difficult to address without alienating the poor classes that are the most vulnerable to economic shocks.
Thursday, November 1, 2007 - 00:00
Milton Zuanazzi, the head of the National Civil Aviation Agency, resigned under fire from the new defense minister, who blames him for the country’s months-long aviation crisis.
Thursday, November 1, 2007 - 00:00
Four days of steady rain in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco has caused rivers to overflow their banks, leaving vast areas of the state capital, Villahermosa, underwater.
Thursday, November 1, 2007 - 00:00
For the 16th straight year, the United Nations General Assembly voted to lift the 46-year-old American trade embargo of Cuba.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 00:00
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the wife of Argentina’s president, Nestor Kirchner, has become the first woman to be elected president in the country’s history
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 00:00
Thanks to a decades-old subsidy that has proven devilishly complex to undo, gasoline in Venezuela costs about 7 cents a gallon
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 00:00
President Bush asked Congress on Monday to approve a $1.4 billion aid package over the next three years to help the Mexican government fight narcotics traffickers
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 00:00
President Bush asked Congress on Monday to approve a $1.4 billion aid package over the next three years to help the Mexican government fight narcotics traffickers, who have unleashed a bloody underworld war that has left more than 4,000 dead across Mexico
Monday, October 22, 2007 - 00:00
The idea by Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president, to create a Bank of the South to finance regional development projects is moving forward, aided by the tacit approval of Brazil
Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 00:00
Across the region, concerns about energy are roiling national politics, generating tensions between neighbors and emerging as one of the biggest brakes to growth and integration