Reuters
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 00:00
Noriega's attorney Jon May told a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that his status as a "prisoner of war" gives him special protections under the Geneva Conventions
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 00:00
Three children were killed and 12 other people were wounded in a mortar attack by Marxist rebels in a town in southwestern Colombia
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 00:00
"That could have an electrifying effect in terms of hemispheric atmosphere," Eric Farnsworth, vice president at the Council of the Americas, said at a briefing
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 00:00
A city government study released last week showed the city has 968 favelas, deprived shantytowns often controlled by drug gangs and armed militias in the absence of the state
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 00:00
Obama has promised to nurture close ties with the U.S. southern neighbor and other Latin American countries, which complained of neglect by the United States
Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 00:00
Western Hemisphere nations must renew commitments to free trade despite global financial turmoil, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 00:00
A former Colombian rebel who surrendered after guiding a hostage to freedom embarked for Paris on Tuesday as part of a new reward program, accompanied by Ingrid Betancourt
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 00:00
Rice travels to Panama City on Tuesday for the gathering of foreign and commerce ministers from 11 other countries that have negotiated free-trade deals with the United States
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 00:00
Caribbean countries on Monday urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to end the trade embargo Washington has imposed for more than four decades on Cuba
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 00:00
The United States made available on Wednesday $197 million to pay for helicopters and other equipment needed by Mexico to fight violent drug cartels, the first part of an anti-narcotics aid package