Reuters
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
Obama asked Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to convene a meeting of the South American union, Unasur, for early on Saturday because he wouldn't have time to meet each of the region's leaders individually
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia is known for its ample supplies of fresh water. But the war -- which began in the 1960s with the birth of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, rebel movement -- has combined with global warming to damage the environment
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia's foreign direct investment could fall to between $5 billion and $6 billion this year from more than $10 billion last year
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 00:00
The White House said it will allow U.S. telecommunications companies to seek licenses in Cuba, a move that could open up a new and largely untapped market
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 00:00
Next steps in what analysts expect to be a slowly evolving process could depend on how the Cuban government reacts to the new U.S. move
Monday, April 13, 2009 - 00:00
President Barack Obama will try to establish a cooperative new relationship with Latin America this week, but U.S. resistance to change on highly symbolic issues like Cuba and immigration could undercut the effort
Monday, April 13, 2009 - 00:00
Following are issues likely to come up during the visits
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 00:00
But with such a large army presence, complaints of human rights abuses are growing and there are signs that ruthless drug hitmen driven out of the city are taking their turf wars further south in Mexico, stretching President Felipe Calderon's nationwide a
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 00:00
n his first term in the 1980s, Garcia, frustrated that the brutal Shining Path insurgency had taken over El Fronton prison, told the navy to attack it
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 00:00
Although Calderon is admired for having the courage to take on the cartels, he doesn't yet have much to show for it and his approval ratings, which for long held above 60 percent, dipped to the mid-50s