Financial Times (UK)
Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 00:00
A spiralling drug trafficking problem in Venezuela has been made worse by official corruption and a refusal to co-operate with the US, according to a forthcoming US Congress report
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 00:00
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner faces two years as a lame-duck president of Argentina after losing the two-thirds majority she needed in Congress to push through economic reforms.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 00:00
I would like to clarify that the protection of the life and rights of trade union members is one of the highest priorities of the Colombian government
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:00
In its annual survey of violations of trade union rights, the ITUC says 49 trade union activists were killed in Colombia last year, an increase of 10 over 2007
Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 00:00
The government has declared a state of emergency, and on Tuesday it used military and police forces to recapture the Camisea valves
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 00:00
Cubans are in no mood to party today as Raul Castro, the president, turns 78. They are suffering the toughest austerity measures since the post-Soviet crisis of the 1990s
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 00:00
Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democratic senator, suggests if the OAS were to admit Cuba the US should reconsider its funding of the organisation
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 00:00
Like other leftist leaders in the region, including Mr Chavez and Evo Morales of Bolivia, Mr Correa has also introduced a new constitution that extends his term limits, potentially to 2017
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 00:00
The US president vowed to accelerate aid to help Mexico clamp down on drug gangs and to close loopholes in US gun laws to stem the flow of arms across the border
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 00:00
"We want to listen and learn as well as talk. That approach of mutual respect and finding common interests is one that ultimately will serve everybody."