Reuters
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 00:00
In February, Venezuela devalued the government's fixed rate of bolivar by 32 percent to 6.3 per dollar under currency controls Chavez created in 2003. But the bolivar trades at four times that on the black market
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 00:00
In a belt-tightening environment, the United States, the OAS's chief paymaster, is reluctant to see its contribution to the body increase and is pushing for the organization to put its finances on sounder footing
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 00:00
Tensions escalated in a disputed property in Mato Grosso do Sul that was invaded last week for a second time by Terena Indians angered by the fatal shooting of one of their tribe's members
Friday, May 31, 2013 - 00:00
An Indian was shot dead during the violent eviction of some 200 natives from a disputed property owned by a former congressman
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 00:00
China and Brazil are two countries with steady growth, activist state sectors and hugely popular governments. They'll be in the same corner of the world stage for decades
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 00:00
Paltry investments in rail and waterways are forcing more and more goods onto a crumbling patchwork of highways
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 00:00
The majority of foreign and domestic companies in Mexico say security has either improved or remained unchanged from last year, and almost half expect more improvement within five years
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 00:00
The problem for ordinary Colombians, Ortega says, is that laundered goods are mostly sold at below-market prices, which elbows out and often shutters competitors
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 00:00
At a meeting in the city of Cali, Colombia, the presidents of the four member countries agreed to remove tariffs on 90 percent of the goods traded between them
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 00:00
When the agents refused, identifying themselves as American diplomats from the U.S. embassy, Espinoza ordered the gunmen to fire on the vehicle