Bloomberg
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico set the stage for the first trade war of President Barack Obama's administration by slapping import tariffs on $2.4 billion of U.S. goods in retaliation for a ban of its trucks
Monday, February 16, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez scored a victory in his drive to stay in power as voters scrapped constitutional term limits that would have forced him from office in 2013
Saturday, February 7, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia’s Agriculture Minister Andres Arias resigned his post to run for president in the 2010 election
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 00:00
Petroleos Mexicanos, the state-owned oil company, said crude output fell 9.2 percent in 2008, the largest decline since World War II, as production at its biggest field dropped
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 00:00
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may add 2 million poor families to a program that makes cash handouts as part of the government’s response to slowing economic growth
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 00:00
Calderon told reporters that he proposed to the incoming head of state a strategic alliance to resolve problems including drug-related violence
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 00:00
Some Obama advisers privately suggest the president-elect might reach out to Chavez, proposing cooperation on a few issues of mutual interest
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 00:00
If the judge follows the recommendation of a court-appointed panel of experts, he could order Chevron Corp., which now owns Texaco, to pay as much as $27 billion in damages.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 00:00
“Now that a new U.S. President is coming, it’s beneficial for those of us in the South to speak with our own voice and ask for respect in a new form of dialogue with the U.S.,” Chavez said. “You saw the shoe they threw at Bush, right?”
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 00:00
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, who last week announced his government was defaulting on its debt, called on Latin American countries to pool their reserves and boost spending