Reuters
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 00:00
Colombia is experiencing a resurgence in investment in oil and mining as violence from its long war wanes. But companies are still targeted for extortion and occasional kidnapping.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican authorities have arrested a suspected paymaster of the Zetas drug gang linked to the murder of a U.S. customs official in Mexico.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 00:00
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, is at its weakest moment in decades after the deaths of top commanders and a string of desertions.
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 00:00
Moody's will decide whether to raise Brazil and Colombia's credit ratings before summer, while Peru is on a "steady path" for more upgrades in the next few years, analyst Patrick Esteruelas said on Thursday.
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 00:00
Mexico has rebounded from a deep recession but an escalating drugs war, stalled economic reforms and a dysfunctional oil monopoly are a drag on Latin America's No. 2 economy.
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 00:00
Calderon last week accused the United States of damaging efforts to beat back drug cartels, just days after one of the worst attacks on U.S. officials in Mexico left one Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent dead and another wounded.
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 00:00
The support from 67 of the 85 first-term House Republicans came as prospects for all three trade deals have been muddied by Obama's refusal to lay out a clear timetable.
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 00:00
Colombian criminal bands linked to former paramilitary groups drove a 40 percent rise in massacres in 2010, slaughtering human rights activists, public officials and civilians, the United Nations said.
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 00:00
The blast late Wednesday hit Cerrejon's coal railway just as a small train was passing in the remote northern Guajira region
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 00:00
The financing, which could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars or more annually, would allow U.S. companies to play a bigger role in Brazil's upcoming building boom.