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Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 00:00
Foreign ministers of the Organization of American States have voted to lift Cuba's suspension, apparently paving the way for it to rejoin the group
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 00:00
The agreement calls for "a process of dialogue" in line with OAS "practices, proposals and principles" _ a veiled allusion to agreements on human rights and democracy
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 00:00
This is excellent news and demonstrates Obama's willingness to replace inertia and incrementalism with some serious strategic shifts
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 00:00
It was Mexico's latest sweep to root out corruption among police and government officials, which has been a major impediment to President Felipe Calderon's battle against drug cartels
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 00:00
A left-wing former television journalist, Mauricio Funes, has been sworn-in as president of El Salvador
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 00:00
Amid near unanimous calls from the region for Cuba to be allowed to rejoin the 34-nation group without conditions, the United States is insisting that the communist island's government make democratic reforms
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 00:00
Mauricio Funes brought to power the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front that fought for 12 years to overthrow U.S.-backed governments until laying down their arms in 1992
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 00:00
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to ease long-standing resentment of U.S. policies in Latin America by attending events this week that highlight Washington's awkward history
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 00:00
The inauguration of El Salvador's first left-wing president brought to an end nearly a half-century of polarized politics in Latin America's bloodiest Cold War battlefield
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 00:00
'Change starts now,' says Funes, an FMLN party member who cast himself in the mold of President Obama and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil