Reuters

At issue are steps implemented by the State Department to curtail an informal consultative process, in effect since the late 1970s, that routinely occurs prior to a formal notification to the Congress of a proposed arms sale.

Peru's first major hostage-taking in a decade was a ruse to lure soldiers into a remote jungle valley and kill them in ambushes, said the Shining Path rebel who led the kidnappings of 36 gas workers.

Newmont Mining Corp should consider leaving two lakes intact and increasing the amount of water held in artificial reservoirs it plans to build for its $4.8 billion Conga project in Peru, auditors said in a report released on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama sat patiently through diatribes, interruptions and even the occasional eye-ball roll at the weekend Summit of the Americas in an effort to win over Latin American leaders fed up with U.S. policies.