Security
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 00:00
The alleged pyramid schemes have sparked disturbances in 12 states. Police are closing financial firms' offices and making arrests.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 00:00
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro and Bolivian President Evo Morales said the summit of Group of 20 nations was dominated by U.S. President George W. Bush and didn't focus on problems that plague poorer countries.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 00:00
The oil giant says it already cleaned up its share of the mess in the Amazon region, but peasant farmers continue to suffer.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 00:00
Gangs threatening teachers to hand over Christmas bonuses or see harm done to their families or students
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 00:00
Each daily transaction from shopping at the supermarket to riding a bus involves careful planning, literally down to the last cent. Reason: there are not enough coins in circulation in Argentina's capital to make change.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 00:00
Haiti is a country of constant heartbreak, and the most recent catastrophes in that unfortunate land have become metaphors for the nation's hopelessness.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 00:00
El presidente de Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Triet, salio hoy de viaje hacia Venezuela para una visita oficial de dos dias en la que impulsara las relaciones comerciales bilaterales y se entrevistara con su homologo venezolano, Hugo Chavez.
Friday, November 14, 2008 - 00:00
This place used to be the middle of nowhere. Then Brazilians desperate to escape poverty settled the region beginning in the late 1970s. First, they planted rice. Then they hit pay dirt with soybeans.
Friday, November 14, 2008 - 00:00
At least one man was killed in rioting over the collapse of a pyramid scheme that offered 70 percent returns and fleeced its mostly poor investors out of millions of dollars
Friday, November 14, 2008 - 00:00
Clashes between supporters of Nicaragua's ruling FSLN and of the opposite Liberal Constitutionalist Party, exploded after the FSLN claimed victory Monday in Sunday's nationwide municipal elections.