Associated Press
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 00:00
Venezuela's president reopened the issue of his use of Chavez's image on Thursday when, during an act at the former military museum where Chavez's remains are kept, he said: "I sometimes come at night. At times, many times, I sleep here".
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 00:00
Congressman Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat who closely follows Mexican politics, said Pena Nieto's government appeared to have been caught off guard by the decision to free Caro Quintero, but the capo's liberation was nonetheless a blow to relations.
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 00:00
The U.S.-Brazil relationship, however, is not without snags- the latest prompted by the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance programs.
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
He said Biden offered a series of technical explanations. Asked if he was satisfied with them, Santos replied curtly, "We are in that process".
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
Colombian rebels killed an Ecuadorean army lieutenant and wounded a corporal Thursday in more than four hours of combat that spanned a river between the two countries.
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
The UNODC said the Colombian coca crop fell to 185 square miles (48,000 hectares) last year from 247 square miles (64,000 hectares) in 2011.
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
The troops were patrolling as part of a government operation using the military to help combat crime.
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
But with only days left before a primary election tests her support, the crowds are much smaller than in previous pot-banging street protests.
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
The 73-year-old oncologist invited leaders of the governing, left-leaning Broad Front coalition to his home Wednesday night to tell them what they had been hoping to hear.
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
Gen. Leonardo Barreiro did not identify the group. But a Colombian army division commander across the border said they were members of the 48th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.