Reuters
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 00:00
Hoyer, a supporter of a trade deal with Colombia, said he was discussing the matter with the Obama administration but he didn't think they would do anything on the matter until after U.S. Trade Representative-designee Ron Kirk is confirmed
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 00:00
With an economic slump squeezing an already limited job market, gangs will be one of the most pressing headaches for leftist Mauricio Funes, who won Sunday's election.
Monday, March 16, 2009 - 00:00
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will urge U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday to open talks with leftist governments in Venezuela and Cuba and make aid and development the focus
Monday, March 16, 2009 - 00:00
Here are some facts about Mauricio Funes, who won El Salvador's presidential election for the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
Monday, March 16, 2009 - 00:00
After years as a peaceful opposition party, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, cashed in on fatigue over the ruling party's 20 years in office and fears of the world economic crisis
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 00:00
Raul Castro's reshuffle, the biggest since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro in early 2008, brought more generals and former officers into the government
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 00:00
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in Bogota the Andean country's ideas on counterinsurgency, building governance in areas once abandoned by the state and economic development were fundamental
Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 00:00
Ex-paramilitary leader Miguel Angel Mejia Munera was handcuffed and wearing a bullet-proof before he boarded a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plane
Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 00:00
Chavez's clash with the food companies, demanding they produce cheaper rice, came less than three weeks after he won a referendum
Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 00:00
Twenty people died in a prison fight on Wednesday between rival drug gang factions near a Mexican border city