Global Post
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 00:00
Plans for a massive open-pit gold mine in the upper reaches of the Andes Mountains have sparked visions of El Dorado - and fears of environmental havoc.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 00:00
The project would consist of about 250 miles of railroad linking Colombia's Pacific coast to a new Atlantic port that would be built near the city of Cartagena.
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 00:00
Across the northern department of Cordoba, residents are leaving en masse as drug gangs murder villagers and issue death threats.
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 00:00
Microinsurance was inspired by the success of microcredit programs.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 00:00
The deadly squeeze in Mexico, coupled with a sustained clampdown by Colombia, has resulted in a swelling of drug organizations in the isthmus between the Andean coca growing nations and Mexico.
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 00:00
All told, some 1.3 million people have either lost or sustained significant damage to their homes.
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 00:00
The peso's rally is the result of economic troubles in the United States, fiscal policies in China [3] and an oil and mining boom at home.
Friday, October 15, 2010 - 00:00
The slaughter underscored the brutal and hypocritical way immigrants are treated in Mexico.
Friday, October 15, 2010 - 00:00
Students scramble to get to school without getting shot in Colombia’s second-largest city.
Friday, August 13, 2010 - 00:00
The division of labor between Castro and his 79-year-old brother Raul - who took over Cuba's leadership temporarily, then permanently - has hewn to clear boundaries so far.