Reuters
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 00:00
Colombia is the most controversial of the two Latin America agreements because of that country's history of violence against labor union members.
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 00:00
Rousseff, who also is reviewing a plan by her predecessor and political mentor, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, to buy at least 36 fighter jets, is concerned that the plans could derail her efforts to control a surge in government expenses.
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 00:00
The group is a splinter faction of the Beltran Leyva cartel, which has fragmented since Mexican marines killed its leader, Arturo Beltran Leyva, in December 2009.
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 00:00
Clinton meets Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa in the central city of Guanajuato and then flies to Mexico City to see President Felipe Calderon.
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 00:00
Brazil's policymakers are expected to raise Brazil's benchmark interest rate to 11.25 percent from 10.75 percent in an effort to combat inflation, which has hit a six-year high.
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 00:00
Gangs are still believed to earn hundreds of millions of dollars a year tapping Mexico's vast, but largely unprotected, pipeline network.
Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 00:00
Guzman's cartel is believed to handle 65 percent of all drugs illegally transported to the United States.
Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 00:00
His ability to expand despite Mexican President Felipe Calderon's four-year-old war on the drug gangs demonstrates the Sinaloa cartel's firepower as well as its ability to outmaneuver and bribe security forces.
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 00:00
Even though the worst of the country's economic crisis appears to be over, millions of Mexicans are still queuing up at pawnshops to hock their valuables for a little more ready cash.
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 00:00
Monterrey's slide into violence is one of the most dramatic developments in Calderon's war.