Reuters
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 00:00
Rising insecurity caused by drug-related violence is offsetting Mexico's relatively healthy banking sector, strong exports and modest external debt, Fitch Ratings said.
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 00:00
The money raised would be spent on radars, armored vehicles and unmanned aircraft which would mainly patrol remote border areas deep in the Amazon jungle.
Friday, January 7, 2011 - 00:00
The signs of reconciliation follow a power struggle between the centrist PMDB party and Rousseff's ruling Workers' Party, over prized posts in the government and in public enterprises.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 00:00
Romo, 42, is accused of helping to kidnap two elderly people and depositing the ransom payment in his bank account.
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 00:00
Colombia's FARC guerrillas will free five hostages, including three military officials and two local politicians, in what they called a humanitarian gesture.
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 00:00
Venezuela plans to include the Internet in a law that regulates the media, under a proposed bill presented to parliament on Thursday that the opposition claims will result in censorship.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 00:00
Bolivia's leftist government said Wednesday it will respect mining companies' rights in new operating contracts that must be drawn up after the country ended all private mining concessions earlier this week.
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 00:00
Soldiers captured a 14-year-old U.S. citizen suspected of being a drug gang hitman as he attempted to travel to the United States.
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 00:00
Around 2,000 protesters marched in Haiti's capital on Thursday demanding a rerun of Sunday's elections they said were skewed by fraud, as the jittery Caribbean nation awaited results expected next week.
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 00:00
President Juan Manuel Santos' ambitious reform agenda, an uptick in the guerrilla and drugs war, measures to tame the soaring peso and still delicate relations with neighboring Venezuela and Ecuador are key issues.