The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 00:00
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos traveled to the U.S. Tuesday for a two-day visit as questions swirled over whether he will extradite an alleged cocaine kingpin to the U.S. or Venezuela, both of which are asking for him.
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 00:00
Late Thursday, a high-ranking U.S. official said Colombia's president, Juan Manuel Santos, told him that Mr. Makled would be extradited to Venezuela.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 00:00
On many of the most important issues on the regional agenda-including trade, immigration and energy-Mr. Obama was unwilling or unable to offer the solutions Latin America has been seeking.
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 00:00
As the first reports of airstrikes over Libya came in this weekend, President Barack Obama was in Brazil, talking to his counterpart about trade policy and biofuels.
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 00:00
Mr. Obama discredited his trip even before it began by peddling it as a trade mission to create jobs and boost the U.S. economy.
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 00:00
Immigrants from most Latin American countries sent home substantially more money at the beginning of 2011 than they did a year earlier, signaling the economic recovery in the U.S. and other developed countries has improved prospects for foreign workers.
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 00:00
The pressure on the White House to drop its passive-aggressive opposition to the Colombia and Panama free trade agreements is now officially bipartisan. That news came last week when Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus announced that "The time is here
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 00:00
The 15-year prison sentence given to an American in Cuba this weekend threatens to end a recent thaw of relations between the two countries while putting a harsh spotlight on a contentious covert operations program the U.S. has run on the island for years
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 00:00
Journalist Emilio Gutierrez and thousands of other Mexicans seeking asylum in the U.S. want protection they say their government can't provide. But, for the U.S., granting such requests carries practical and political risks.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 00:00
A young woman who volunteered to lead her Mexican hometown's police department after a predecessor was beheaded by drug gangs has fled her post to seek asylum in the U.S., authorities said Tuesday.