The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
In addition to the existing funds that were previously announced and those redirected, this increased support brings the total USAID contribution to $10 million
Monday, September 8, 2008 - 00:00
Mr. Obama would reverse regional trade progress. He supports House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's opposition to the Colombia FTA
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 00:00
Russia, Iran and Venezuela are acting very much as Japan, Italy and Germany did in the 1930s, when each took advantage of each other's aggressive moves to extend their own regional power
Monday, August 25, 2008 - 00:00
The region needs secure contract and property rights. If local leaders won't defend those rights, programs like Mr. Obama's $2 billion "global education fund" won't amount to a hill of frijoles
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with the nation's governors and security officials and proposed steps to counter a wave of violent crime
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 00:00
Cemex, the world's third-largest cement maker, rejected a bid of $500 million for the company's Venezuelan assets, which the company said it valued at $1.4 billion to $1.8 billion
Monday, August 18, 2008 - 00:00
As long as Americans willingly bury Mexican drug traffickers in greenbacks, progress in constraining the trade is likely to be limited
Monday, August 18, 2008 - 00:00
In late December 1959, nearly a year after Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista had been run out the country by a movement that had a goal of restoring the 1940 Cuban constitution, Fidel Castro was tightening his grip
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 00:00
President Evo Morales jump-started a stalled drive to rewrite the nation's constitution a day after a national referendum reaffirmed his mandate
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 00:00
Last week, his handpicked supreme court ruled that 260 aspiring candidates for the November municipal and gubernatorial elections -- most of whom oppose him -- will be barred from the ballot