Politics + non-US news Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 23, 2009
Miles de nicaragüenses protestan contra la dictadura sandinista – (~50,000)
November 20, 2009
Beyond the Votes in Bolivia: A Reflection on Evo Morales’ First Term
Honduras’ de facto president Roberto Micheletti will give up his controversial post for seven days beginning on Tuesday so that Hondurans can “concentrate on elections and not on the political crisis,” he announced Thursday.
November 18, 2009
Honduran Lawmakers to Debate Zelaya Reinstatement After Election
After two days of deliberations, on Oct. 14 the Mexican Supreme Court made public its decision that Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (governor of the state of Oaxaca) is culpable for the human rights violations that occurred in Oaxaca as a result of teacher protests and political and social unrest in May 2006-January 2007 and July of 2008.
AFL-CIO Letter to Clinton Opposing Honduran Elections
November 16, 2009
USA Role Under Spotlight in Venezuela Crisis with Colombia
November 13, 2009
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya accused the U.S. government Thursday of weakening and changing course in the conflict over the June 28 coup that saw soldiers hustle him out of the country.
Mixed Signals on Honduras & Clinton’s position
November 12, 2009
Woman Bursts into Mexican Assembly to Press Lawmaker for Child Support
November 11, 2009
Voices of Honduran Resistance Call for Deepening of Democracy
November 10, 2009
Chávez’s Next Target: El Salvador – Twenty-first century socialism may have stumbled in Honduras but it is being tried again in El Salvador.
Argentine journalists, academics and ruling party lawmakers met Monday to challenge the conclusions of an international media group that Latin American leaders are exerting too much control over the press.
Manuel Zelaya’s backers: Boycott Honduran election
Too Late to Salvage Hondura’s Elections, Zelaya Backers Say
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya: Talks Are Off with Coup Government After Deal Collapses
November 7, 2009
Honduras leadership in limbo as accord dissolves
November 6, 2009
A third woman has filed a paternity claim against Paraguay’s Roman Catholic bishop-turned- president, her lawyer confirmed Thursday – President Fernando Lugo
November 5, 2009
For the first time ever, Bolivians living abroad will be able to cast their ballots in the upcoming general election.
Hope and Disappointment in Uruguay’s Elections
Deal to restore Manuel Zelaya in Honduras at risk – Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya say lawmakers are stalling efforts to bring him back to office before a Nov. 29 election.
November 4, 2009
Last Argentine dictator, ex-generals go on trial
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos arrived in Tegucigalpa on Tuesday to join a commission set to verify compliance with the accord reached last week by deposed Honduran President Mel Zelaya and the de facto regime installed by the June 28 coup.
November 2, 2009
The Real Winner in Honduras: The United States?
Zelaya, Micheletti Beginning to Disagree About Crisis-Ending Accord
October 30, 2009
Deposed President Manuel Zelaya and his opponents have agreed to a U.S.-brokered deal that he believes will return him to power four months after a coup shook faith in Latin America’s young democracies.
October 28, 2009
Congress Members Urge Obama to “Break the Silence” on Honduran Rights Violations
October 15, 2009
Honduran Accords Hung Up on Zelaya’s Reinstatement
October 14, 2009
A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country’s communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to New York to receive a top journalism prize. – Yoani Sanchez
Faced with a deep recession, Cuba tries socialism lite – scaling back socialism in an attempt to save it
October 12, 2009
Argentina’s Senate overwhelmingly approved a law that will transform the nation’s media landscape on Saturday, and President Cristina Fernandez quickly signed it into law.
Between now and the end of her term next March, President Michelle Bachelet will distribute 33,000 hectares (81,500 acres) of land among Mapuche Indian communities in Chile’s conflictive southern region of Araucania
Reflections on a Decade of Civic Revolutions in Latin America
October 9, 2009
More talks in Honduran crisis, but no deal sighted
October 7, 2009
Critics Say Chavez Targeting Opponents For Arrest
A former Costa Rican president was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison Monday for embezzling funds from a Finnish loan intended for medical equipment for public hospitals. – Rafael Calderon president from 1990-1994
Rich Vs. Poor At Root Of Honduran Political Crisis
A trio of South Florida Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that the remedy to the post-coup woes in Honduras lies in U.S. support of next month’s scheduled elections. – U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart
October 5, 2009
The political crisis in Honduras is having a crippling effect on trade in Central America, with Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica losing millions of dollars of trade every day.
The Juanito show: ‘He’s crazy’ – Rafael “Juanito” Acosta
The interim president of Honduras says an emergency decree that limited civil rights in the troubled Central American country will be repealed as of Tuesday.
The good news is that Washington has finally begun to take stronger actions on Honduras. The bad news is that the actions completely contradict each other, resulting in ambiguity, paralysis and infighting as the Honduran crisis explodes.
October 2, 2009
Political scheme turns Mexican into odd celebrity – Rafael Acosta strode into Mexico City’s legislature with his arms raised triumphantly and was sworn into office. Immediately after the ceremony, he requested a leave of absence – part of an elaborate political scheme that has captivated Mexico.
September 29, 2009
Live from Honduras: An Interview with Berta Caceres
Is Latin America Moving to the Right?
September 28, 2009
Honduras Restricts Liberties To Prevent Rebellion
Violence Escalates Against Peaceful Protesters in Honduras As Resistance Grows: Chemical Weapons Directed Toward Brazilian Embassy – National Day of Action In Solidarity with the People Of Honduras Tuesday, September 29th
The Sound and Fury of the Honduran Coup: Acoustic and Chemical Attacks on Brazilian Embassy
September 24, 2009
Barack Obama’s call for action on climate change and his admission that rich nations have a particular responsibility to lead has received strong praise from an unusual source – U.S. nemesis Fidel Castro.
Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Holed Up In Embassy
Last week Paraguay canceled a military cooperation agreement that would have governed its participation in the New Horizons military exercises next year.
Mexico’s attorney general nominee draws fire for his former job as prosecutor in Juarez
They’re torturing me, Honduras’ Manuel Zelaya claims – Honduras’ fallen leader told The Miami Herald he is being subjected to mind-altering gas and radiation — and that `Israeli mercenaries’ are planning to assassinate him.
September 22, 2009
Report From Honduras: Ousted President Manuel Zelaya Returns to Honduras In Defiance of Coup Government
Honduras: Zelaya’s Daring Return Reignites Crisis
Zelaya’s Return to Tegucigalpa Brings Coup Closer to its End
September 21, 2009
The U.S. Embassy in Bolivia says it is closing some democracy-promotion programs at the request of the Bolivian government.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he is disappointed by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and concerned he is increasingly shifting toward an authoritarian regime.
September 18, 2009
Former presidents from Peru and Bolivia joined newspaper editors from across the Americas on Friday in condemning what they call a series of attempts by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and some of his allies, to clamp down on the news media.
September 17, 2009
Honduran Coup Squeezed From Above and Below—But is it Enough to Restore Democracy?
Central America celebrated Tuesday the 188th anniversary of its independence from the Spanish crown amid widespread violence, a political crisis threatening democracy in Honduras and hunger and violence in Guatemala.
Cuba will not make any political or policy concessions to improve relations with the U.S. – no matter how small, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Wednesday, snubbing Washington’s suggestions that some reforms could lead to better ties.
Spain Bars Entry to 10 Members of Honduran Regime
September 15, 2009
The former Chilean judge who indicted late dictator Augusto Pinochet filed Monday to run for the Senate on the ticket of dark-horse independent presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami.
The international community’s chief mediator in the Honduran political crisis said Monday he will meet with the country’s presidential candidates to emphasize that upcoming elections will not be recognized if held under the government installed by a coup.
Evo Morales rallies for immigrants’ rights
South American Nations Question U.S.-Colombia Military Base Agreement
September 14, 2009
Washington has revoked the visas of Honduras’ interim president and 17 other top officials to pressure the Central American nation to reinstate ousted leader Manuel Zelaya
September 10, 2009
Voters could give Latin America, Caribbean a political makeover – A dozen presidential and parliamentary elections in the next 14 months could halt the swing to the left and boost moderates.
September 9, 2009
President Alvaro Uribe signed legislation Tuesday calling for a national referendum on amending the constitution to allow him to seek re-election for a second time.
Defying U.S., Honduras won’t let Manuel Zelaya return as president
September 8, 2009
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has accepted the resignation of his attorney general who has been key in the battle against drug cartels. – Eduardo Medina Mora
With a new attorney general, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is trying to get even tougher on drug cartels and those who protect them. – but is Arturo Chavez the right person for the job?
An appeals court on Tuesday overturned the dismissal of murder charges against former President Fernando de la Rua in the deaths of five protesters during violent street demonstrations that marked the end of his tenure in 2001.
September 6, 2009
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who is the subject of Oliver Stone’s next film, said he is “considering” coming to Venice for the documentary’s premiere, according to Italian media.
Tens of thousands marched through Venezuela’s capital on Saturday to protest what they call growing authoritarianism by President Hugo Chavez.
September 4, 2009
The Obama administration has cut more $30 million in non-humanitarian aid to Honduras — calling it a signal that Washington is not happy with the status quo.
September 2, 2009
Mexico’s health care lures Americans – As the United States debates an overhaul of its health care system, thousands of American retirees in Mexico have quietly found a solution of their own, signing up for the health care plan run by the Mexican Social Security Institute.
Return of the dictators? Colombia’s Alvaro Uribe is the latest in a string of Latin American leaders to push for more time in office.
Mexico and Argentina move towards decriminalising drugs – In a backlash against the US ‘war on drugs’, Latin America turns to a more liberal policy
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to meet ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Thursday, the State Department said as Washington debates formally cutting off aid to the Honduran government.
Cuba embargo law set to expire — but it doesn’t mean much
September 1, 2009
Ecuador’s president is threatening to close a major television network after it aired a tape of a conversation between him and a member of the assembly that drafted a new constitution last year.
The Organization of American States (OAS) refused to accept a compromise plan offered last week by Honduras’ de facto President Roberto Micheletti.
U.S., Cuba will discuss revival of direct mail
The 47-year-old Cuban embargo continues to divide exiles depending on their age and other factors, and long-standing support among some in the community might be eroding, a poll showed.
Honduran Constitutional Assembly Would Be a Step Toward the Emancipation of Women
August 27, 2009
Central America’s development bank says it is freezing credits to Honduras following the June 28 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
Elvin Santos — a leading would-be successor to Manuel Zelaya before the coup that ousted the Honduran president — has seen his popularity diminish.
August 26, 2009
The Honduran interim government says it will go ahead with presidential elections in November, even if results are not recognised by other countries.
August 25, 2009
Honduran Society Faces Contradictions of Illegitimate Institutions – Part 1: The Coup’s Version of ‘Order in the Court’
August 24, 2009
Cuban blogger the voice of youth-oriented counterculture – Yoani Sánchez
Mexico’s president is so excited about a NASA astronaut of Mexican descent, Jose Hernandez, that he invited him to dinner when the astronaut returns to Earth.
Honduras’s Supreme Court has rejected a Costa Rica-brokered deal that would have restored ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power and sternly warned that he faces arrest if he returns.
August 21, 2009
Colombia’s Senate voted late Wednesday to pass a bill calling for a referendum on whether to change the constitution to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term.
August 18, 2009
Honduras’ coup-installed government said it does not expect to be judged fairly by an international panel that arrived Monday to investigate allegations of human rights abuses.
August 12, 2009
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is suffering from the H1N1 virus, making him the first head of state known to have contracted swine flu.
Since Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez called golf a “bourgeois sport,” officials have moved to shut down two of the country’s best-known courses.
August 10, 2009
Honduras accepts OAS chief as ‘observer’
Latin America on Its Way to Legalizing Drugs, Experts Say
August 6, 2009
Honduran coup shows business elite still in charge
August 5, 2009
President Daniel Ortega, who led the ’70s Sandinista revolution, rewards sympathetic news outlets and punishes critical ones, observers say. One target is a member of the prominent Chamorro family.
August 4, 2009
President Alvaro Uribe headed off on a whirlwind South American tour Tuesday to defend his plans to expand the U.S. military’s presence in Colombia, a prospect that worries even friendly nations in the region.
August 3, 2009
Venezuelan regulators revoked the broadcast rights of 34 radio stations on Friday, deepening a rift between President Hugo Chavez’s government and the private media.
July 29, 2009
In Venezuela, Plantations of Cacao Stir Bitterness – The passions surrounding the crop have turned it into a contentious political issue
July 28, 2009
Nicaragua Abortion Ban Forces Rape, Incest Victims To Give Birth
July 27, 2009
Maria Conchita Alonso Narrates New Documentary About Latin American Dictators And Immigration
July 23, 2009
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya planned to drive to Nicaragua’s northern border on Thursday and risk returning to his homeland, where the coup-backed government vowed to arrest him.
July 22, 2009
Honduran Women at Forefront of Resistance to Coup
July 21, 2009
Castro retiene 600 cubanos con visa estadounidense
July 20, 2009
What Next For Honduras After Failed Negotiations? GRITtv Interview With Laura Flanders, Roberto Lovato and Democracy Now’s Andres Thomas Conteris
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for embezzlement on Monday after he admitted illegally paying his spy chief $15 million in government funds.
Many Nicaragua revolutionaries feel betrayed by the revolution – Thirty years after the Sandinistas came to power, many are still loyal to the cause but feel disillusioned by the policies of President Daniel Ortega, the former guerrilla commander.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accused unnamed U.S. intelligence agencies of planning the coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya without the knowledge of President Barack Obama.
July 16, 2009
Mexico has retaliated against Canada for imposing visa restrictions, saying Canadian officials and diplomats will need visas to enter Mexico.
July 15, 2009
Talks on Honduran crisis to resume – Toppled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was urged to be patient as negotiators get ready to try again to resolve the nation’s leadership crisis.
Why Honduras Sent Zelaya Away – The former president threatened to use force against the Congress and other institutions.
July 14, 2009
Why the Coup in Honduras Won’t—and Shouldn’t—Succeed
July 13, 2009
Honduran teen’s slaying propels youth movement – Rallies and marches supporting and opposing deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya have engaged the youth of the country.
Brazil’s amnesty of its undocumented highlights the need for a 3-part approach to longlasting immigration reform
July 11, 2009
Honduras’ Micheletti is both admired and reviled – A kingpin of Honduran politics for 30 years, Roberto Micheletti is a ’stubborn mule’ who has become an international political figure overnight.
Delegates representing the ousted and interim governments of Honduras failed to forge an agreement during a second day of talks and no fixed date was set for future negotiations.
July 9, 2009
Members of Cabinet Are Replaced in Argentina
Understanding Honduras – What’s going on in Honduras? – (an interesting post by Daniel Hernandez)
July 8, 2009
Mexico: Voters Share Their Null Ballots on Twitter
Both sides in Honduras’ leadership crisis on Tuesday signaled willingness to forge a diplomatic solution to the deadlock over the fate of President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted last month in a coup. Zelaya and interim Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti agreed to accept Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, a Nobel Peace laureate, as an international mediator.
July 7, 2009
The return of the PRI – More than 50% of Mexico’s voters stayed away from the polls on Sunday for the mid-term congressional election & around 6% nullified their votes in protest
July 6, 2009
Honduran Violence, U.S. Aid Test Obama’s Global Image
July 2, 2009
Is there a lot of “cantinfleando” happening in Mexico? – Midterm elections
July 1, 2009
President Evo Morales on Wednesday accused Barack Obama of lying by pledging to change America’s historically heavy-handed relationship with Latin America and then halting $25 million in annual trade benefits for Bolivia.
OAS: Honduras Must Restore President Manuel Zelaya In 3 Days Or Risk Suspension
June 30, 2009
Honduran Coup Turns Violent, Sanctions Imposed – Thousands of Hondurans are now in the streets to protest the coup d’etat in their country.
ALBA and Via Campesina Issue New Declarations Against the Honduran Coup
June 29, 2009
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa on Global Capitalism, Why He Won’t Renew the US Base in Manta, Chevron in the Amazon, Obama’s War in Afghanistan, and More
Colombia’s Uribe Faces a More Wary U.S. – White House Is Expected to Raise Concerns About Human Rights, Democracy
Honduras coup is a blow to democracy
June 28, 2009
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says soldiers rousted him out of bed, beat his body guards and arrested him in his pajamas in what he criticized as “a coup” and “a kidnapping.”
June 25, 2009
Mexico President Felipe Calderon says drug war threatens democracy
Venezuela Confirms Pending Normalization of Ties with US
June 19, 2009
Mexican State Election: Drug War Plays Big Public Role For First Time
Widow of late Chilean president Allende dead at 94
June 11, 2009
The United States on Wednesday canceled more than $60 million in assistance to Nicaragua, citing concerns about democracy, rule of law and a free market economy in the Latin American nation now led by a former Marxist guerrilla leader.
Dominican Republic bars consecutive presidential terms
Barack Obama felicita a Rafael Correa por su reelección en Ecuador
June 5, 2009
A senior communist official says Cuba is happy with an Organization of American States decision lifting a decades-long suspension on the island, but it won’t return to the group.
Carlos Pascual nominated as U.S. ambassador to Mexico – The Cuban-born diplomat, an expert in ‘failed states,’ would take over one of the largest American embassies and confront a host of complex bilateral issues.
June 4, 2009
Cuba Readmitted To OAS “Without Conditions”
June 3, 2009
Mexican truckers have filed a lawsuit against the United States seeking $6 billion in compensation for losses they claim to have suffered since Washington banned them from crossing the border in violation of a trade pact, an attorney said Tuesday.
Activists call on Mexican voters to annul their ballots for July 5th mid-term elections
June 2, 2009
Inside the OAS’s Cuba Conundrum
Sin consenso retorno de La Habana a la OEA
El Salvador’s 1st leftist president Mauricio Funes takes power
June 1, 2009
In Central America, differences between the left and right political slant are increasingly unclear. So while El Salvador appears to have elected a leftist president and Panama seems to have elected a rightist, the two may not be that far apart in the way
May 31, 2009
Salvadoreños en Los Ángeles insisten en voto en el exterior
Obama’s efforts to engage Cuba facing big test – OAS
May 30, 2009
El Salvador y Cuba reanudarán relaciones diplomáticas a partir de 1 de junio
A Leader’s Limit – Why Colombia’s successful president should not seek another term in office
El presidente de Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, no debería buscar otro mandato y su “éxito en el gobierno amenaza ahora convertirse en su ruina”, afirmó hoy un editorial del diario The Washington Post.
May 29, 2009
Analysis: Will Cuba return to OAS next week?
Hugo Chavez Talkathon To Last 4 Days
May 27, 2009
he “imminent” closure of Globovisión, the private sector channel which makes no secret of its opposition to President Hugo Chávez, was announced Monday by a middle-ranking figure of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
May 18, 2009
The United States Abandons the “War on Drugs” Model at Home, Exports It to Mexico – US House and Senate Pass New Military Aid to Mexico
May 7, 2009
Standoff between Evo Morales, Bolivian media outlets escalates – Bolivian President Evo Morales claimed his government has been targeted for media persecution, but threats and assaults on journalists have increased.
An Afro-Cuban dissident on Wednesday urged members of the Congressional Black Caucus who recently met with Fidel Castro to pressure Cuban officials to stop harassing opposition leaders on the island. Berta Antunez
April 30, 2009
Unless it is contained shortly, the Mexican swine flu outbreak that is sounding alarm bells across the world is likely to have long-term economic, law enforcement and political consequences on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.
April 27, 2009
President Barack Obama’s recent easing of travel restrictions on Americans visiting relatives in Cuba may open the door to greater cooperation between these two nations, long at odds with one another. This could be of immense importance not only to Cuban-Americans and their native island neighbors, but to preserving Cuba’s unique, and increasingly threatened, coastal and marine environments.
President Rafael Correa Triumphs in Ecuador, and Thereby Becomes One of Latin America’s Most Successful Political Figures
April 22, 2009
Fidel Castro says President Obama “misinterpreted” his brother Raul’s remarks regarding the United States and bristled at the suggestion that Cuba should free political prisoners or cut taxes on remittances from abroad as a goodwill gesture to the U.S.
April 20, 2009
Mexico has approved a Cuban-American with expertise in conflict management as the new U.S. ambassador, the Foreign Relations Department said Monday. – Carlos Pascual
April 18, 2009
Paraguay: President Fernando Lugo Admits Fathering a Child as Bishop
April 10, 2009
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales is on a hunger strike to force the National Congress to pass a law.
April 7, 2009
President Raul Castro met with six visiting members of the Congressional Black Caucus for more than four hours, his first face-to-face discussions with U.S. leaders since he became Cuba’s president last year — a sign that both countries may be serious about improving nearly 50 years of frigid relations.
Peru court sentences Alberto Fujimori to 25 years prison
April 5, 2009
President Barack Obama plans to lift longstanding U.S. restrictions on Cuba, a senior administration official said, allowing Cuban-Americans to visit families there as often as they like and to send them unlimited funds.
President Hugo Chavez said Saturday he hopes to “reset” relations with the United States at an upcoming summit.
March 24, 2009
The U.S. needs to unmix the message in Mexico – When Hillary Clinton visits the country, she needs to clearly state what Washington wants and what it will do.
March 23, 2009
The Many Stories of Carlos Fernando Chamorro – President of Nicaragua
March 20, 2009
Hugo Chávez’s rival might be imprisoned – An arrest warrant was requested for Maracaibo Mayor Manuel Rosales. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez had previously threatened to wipe his rival from the politica
A small Mexican political party has made an unusual choice in tapping an openly gay candidate to run for mayor of the conservative city of Guadalajara. – Miguel Antonio Galan
Salvadoran President-Elect Pledges to Work With U.S. on Immigration
March 19, 2009
The U.S. government knew that top Guatemalan officials it supported with arms and cash were behind the disappearance of thousands of people during a 36-year civil war, declassified documents obtained by a U.S. research institute show.
Costa Rica said Wednesday it will re-establish diplomatic ties with communist Cuba, and El Salvador’s new president-elect promised to do the same after he takes office.
March 18, 2009
Hugo Chávez aims to siphon power from Venezuela’s regional leaders
Indians challenging Morales in Bolivia face danger
March 17, 2009
Daring to Change: Exclusive Interview with El Salvador’s President-Elect, Mauricio Funes
March 16, 2009
FMLN Victory El Salvador – Funes: “We Have Signed a New Accord on Peace and Reconciliation”
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is accusing the U.S. of “taking bread” from the poor by holding back aid. The U.S. said this week it will continue delaying some $64 million in development aid because of an election dispute in the Central American nation.
ouse construction promoted by the Mexican government will create 2½ million temporary jobs this year, President Felipe Calderon said at the signing of the National Housing Pact.
Obama Administration Begins Outreach to Latin America
March 14, 2009
Chile sues U.S. banks over hidden Pinochet accounts
March 13, 2009
El Salvador Holds National Elections Amidst Renewed GOP Threats Against Electing FMLN
March 11, 2009
Lamenta Franco de Vita incidentes con decisiones de Hugo Chávez
South American defense ministers urged the United States on Tuesday to end its nearly 50-year economic and travel embargo against Cuba.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says he would like to run for reelection and change the constitution to allow voters to put him in office as many times as they want.
March 10, 2009
President Evo Morales on Monday ordered a U.S. diplomat to leave Bolivia for allegedly conspiring with opposition groups, further straining tense relations six months after he expelled the American ambassador.
March 9, 2009
Salvadoreños miden sus deseos políticos – Dado que la comunidad en el extranjero no puede votar, realizan un simulacro electoral
March 3, 2009
Fidel Castro said Tuesday that two of his closest lieutenants had become seduced by “the honey of power,” and hinted that they were demoted because their angling for leadership roles in a post-Castro Cuba had become unseemly.
Spain’s Basque country voters end nationalist grip on power – Election results leave way open for socialists to lead new government in the region
President Raul Castro shook up Cuba’s top leadership on Monday, replacing key figures tied to his brother Fidel Castro with others apparently closer to him
February 16, 2009
As drug violence spirals out of control in Mexico, a commission led by three former Latin American heads of state blasted the U.S.-led drug war as a failure that is pushing Latin American societies to the breaking point.
President Hugo Chavez won a referendum to eliminate term limits Sunday and vowed to remain in power for at least another decade to complete his socialist revolution. Opponents accepted defeat but said Chavez is becoming a dictator.
February 10, 2009
The drive by Venezuela’s autocratic president, Hugo Chavez, to export his brand of socialism across Latin America and remain in power indefinitely is being jeopardised by tumbling oil prices.
February 1, 2009
En una visita relámpago a la isla, el presidente mexicano Felipe Calderón se reunió con el gobernador de Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño, y miembros de su gabinete para discutir posibles alianzas económicas y la ampliación de rutas aéreas entre ambos países.
After decade in power, Chávez aims to keep it – Monday is the 10th anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s rise to power, and Venezuelan voters will soon decide whether he can keep on running.
January 28, 2009
Venezuela is not yet ready to let the U.S. ambassador return to Caracas despite the change of administration in Washington, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday.
Cuban leader Raul Castro arrived in Russia on Wednesday for a visit intended to boost ties between the former Cold War allies.
Some experts worry that a new generation of Latin American strongmen, or caudillos, is taking hold. They are generally civilians instead of soldiers, and they take office via elections instead of coups, but once in power they use every means available to extend their terms in office — by years or even decades.
January 25, 2009
Key elements of proposed new Bolivian constitution
January 23, 2009
Venezuelans protest Chavez’s bid to end term limits
January 21, 2009
Alcalde de Guanajuato niega prohibición a besarse en público
Far from Washington, D.C., performance artist and writer Gabrielle Civil created her own homage to new U.S. President Barack Obama in Mexico City on Tuesday, gathering mariachis to perform renditions of iconic African American songs both for Obama and the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Presidente hondureño a República Dominicana y Venezuela
Evo Morales y opositores cierran campaña rumbo al referendo
December 23, 2008
Ecuador: The Passing of Ex-President León Febres Cordero
December 19, 2008
Cuban President Raúl Castro has offered to exchange political dissidents in his country for five Cubans jailed in the United States on espionage convictions.
December 18, 2008
President Rafael Correa declared on Friday that Ecuador would not make a $30.6 million interest payment on $510 million in bonds due in 2012, calling the debt illegal.
Latin American nations should expel U.S. ambassadors until the United States lifts its embargo on Cuba, Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday. But his remarks found little support from other regional leaders.
Vocero de La presidenta chilena Michelle Bachelet defiende su derecho a bañarse en la playa
December 12, 2008
Mexico announced a plan Thursday to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 using solar power, wind and other clean technologies — making it one of the few developing countries to set a specific emissions reduction target.
Colombia: Social Conflict Replaces Warfare – Social conflict has overtaken the center of the political stage, displacing President Alvaro Uribe, who merely repeats the script that brought him so much success in the war: the Indians, sugarcane workers, teachers, government workers, truckers, and anyone else who protests and mobilizes is being manipulated by the FARC guerrillas.
December 10, 2008
South American Nations Take Financial Action – Leaders Hoped to Evade Global Crisis
December 7, 2008
Hugo Chávez’s government gave out millions of dollars in cash and goods to buy votes in recent elections, evidence and testimony shows.
December 6, 2008
Bolivian leader Evo Morales on Thursday accused the US government of encouraging drug-trafficking as he explained his decision to banish the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Bolivian leader Evo Morales on Thursday accused the US government of encouraging drug-trafficking as he explained his decision to banish the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Peru removes army chief, says spat with Chile over
December 5, 2008
Traditionally pro-Chavez slum turns to opposition – The barrio of Petare, one of the biggest slums in Latin America
December 3, 2008
Anti-crime drive lifts Mexican Calderon’s ratings
Venezuelan prosecutors say they have summoned a leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez for arraignment on corruption allegations. The Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday that Manuel Rosales must appear in court next week
Nicaragua: Venezuela has offered to replace U.S. aid
Former Mexican interior secretary dead at 59 – Carlos Abascal, an impassioned proponent of putting Christianity back into Mexican politics, died Tuesday of stomach cancer
Argentina: Fernández recibe a Ingrid Betancourt
November 25, 2008
Ecuador Seeks Non-payment of Illegitimate Foreign Debt
November 21, 2008
Venezuela prepares for elections
While U.S. President George W. Bush stays in Lima for the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, his wife, Laura Bush, will head south to visit Pisco, the town hardest hit by last year’s a massive earthquake that devastated Peru’s southern coast.
U.S. blasts Nicaragua over elections
Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez campaigns for Sunday’s elections
November 18, 2008
Hugo Chavez faces toughest political test … against his ex-wife
November 17, 2008
Latinoamérica ganará más peso en nuevo orden financiero
November 12, 2008
Mexico’s president names new interior minister – President Felipe Calderon picks Fernando Gomez Mont, a criminal lawyer, to replace Juan Camilo Mourino, who died in a plane crash last week.
November 6, 2008
Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mouriño, right-hand man to President Felipe Calderon, was among eight people on board who died when the aircraft went down in Mexico City.
November 3, 2008
Bolivia halts U.S. agents’ anti-drug operations – Bolivian President Evo Morales accuses the DEA employees of spying and helping criminals to attack authorities.
October 27, 2008
A top Bolivian official on Friday accused the United States of backing armed anti-government groups in a violent jungle clash that left 15 people dead last month, including 13 supporters of leftist President Evo Morales.
October 23, 2008
Bolivia: Congress Approves Referendum on Constitution
October 20, 2008
Balbina Herrera, who has served as housing minister, legislator and mayor of San Miguelito, is now the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) nominee for president of Panama.
President Evo Morales agreed Monday to seek only one more five-year term in a concession aimed at winning congressional support for a new constitution that would empower Bolivia’s long-oppressed indigenous majority, a top government official said.
October 16, 2008
As Election Looms, Hugo Chávez Steps Up Rhetoric – Venezuelan Leader Warns of U.S. Plots Against the Country
October 15, 2008
FOR CUBANS – U.S. ELECTION ISSUE IS THE EMBARGO – When it comes to the U.S. presidential elections, the Cuban public doesn’t believe everything it’s told.
El principal líder cívico de la oposición Branko Marinkovic, se halla en Estados Unidos para explicar a medios de prensa la demanda de autonomía que impulsan varias regiones de Bolivia y denunciar al gobierno del presidente Evo Morales.
September 30, 2008
El Consejo de Defensa del Estado (CDE) prepara demandas contra los bancos estadounidenses que facilitaron que el ex dictador Augusto Pinochet ocultara una fortuna de 27 millones de dólares, según un decreto publicado en la gaceta oficial.
September 17, 2008
President Bush has determined that Bolivia is no longer cooperating in the war on drugs, placing it on a counter-narcotics blacklist along with Venezuela, as U.S. ties with the leftist Latin American governments plummet.
Honduras said Tuesday it will welcome a new U.S. ambassador after a one-week delay meant to show support for Bolivia in its diplomatic spat with Washington.
September 12, 2008
Mexico urges US to release anti-drug aid package
Bolivia orders U.S. ambassador expelled
September 10, 2008
Argentina: Uncertain Outlook – What should Argentine President Cristina Fernandez do to regain investor confidence?
September 9, 2008
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said Friday that government prosecutors are trying to determine who put microphones and video cameras in the presidential palace.
September 8, 2008
Bolivia’s Morales faces a challenge from fellow Indian – Savina Cuellar, a onetime livestock herder, proudly dons the broad-brimmed hat that marks her indigenous origins. She shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote in June. Indigenous activist Savina Cuellar, governor in the key province of Chuquisaca, has fallen out with the president and become a figurehead for those opposed to his socialist policies.
P-MAS in Paraguay: Young Socialists Build a New Party from the Ground Up
September 3, 2008
Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon fell off his bike during the weekend, fracturing his arm and damaging his left knee.
Lugo Faces First Challenges: Coup Plots and the Multi-Ring Political Circus of Paraguay
August 28, 2008
Mexican Supreme Court upholds legalized abortion law
August 20, 2008
Mexicans are wary of both U.S. candidates
Venezuela seizes control of Mexican Cemex plants
Dispatch From Paraguay: Hope Reigns at Dawn of Fernando Lugo Presidency
Newly sworn-in Dominican vice president gets dengue fever – Rafael Albuquerque
August 19, 2008
Must watch: PBS’ P.O.V film “The Judge and the General” – About Chiles & Pinochet
August 18, 2008
A U.S. report showed improvements in coordinating antidrug efforts in Latin America, but cited corruption and lack of funding as top reasons the effort has not been more effective.
Paraguay’s new leftist president returned Saturday to the province where he spent 11 years a bishop, and pledged to raise living standards by eradicating chronic poverty and corruption in this South American nation. Hugo Chavez joined President Fernando Lugo in San Pedro
Dominican Republic president sworn in for 3rd term – Leonel Fernandez
August 17, 2008
From activist priest to Paraguay president – Fernando Lugo – A Liberation Theology priest who helped the poor to organize for their rights took Paraguay’s political machine by surprise.
Democrats Abroad Launches Global Voter Drive For Obama – New Gwyneth Paltrow Video Targets ‘Lost’ US Voters
August 11, 2008
Politics versus the Mexican Military’s War against Crime
Popularity of Mexico’s Calderon edges down
Bolivia: Is Evo in Danger after the August 10 referendum ? The US prepares a civil war
Bolivian President Evo Morales survived an election test, but his foes gained as well, which means the stalemate between them will continue.
August 6, 2008
Argentine farmers and officials agree after months of strife
Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a list barring hundreds of candidates suspected of corruption from running in elections is constitutional, despite complaints that it singles out opponents of President Hugo Chavez
August 5, 2008
Venezuela’s president enacts decrees to increase state control – In a package of 26 laws, Hugo Chavez also aims to set up neighborhood-based militias.
Los presidentes de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, y de Argentina, Cristina Fernández, suspendieron su visita a Bolivia este martes tras los disturbios en Tarija, en el sur del país, donde los gobernantes iban a reunirse con el mandatario Evo Morales, se informó oficialmente.
Brazilian Supreme Court Warns Of Civil War In Part Of Amazon Region
President Calderon Lifts Regulation Requiring AIDS Drug Companies to Have Manufacturing Plants in Mexico in Order to Sell Generic Meds
August 3, 2008
Latin America’s populist decade may soon end
Argentine President holds 1st news conference in 8 months
US ambassador a hit in Paraguay singing in Guarani – James Cason
July 30, 2008
Guatemala’s attorney general stepped down on Tuesday after complaints he did little to stamp out violence in a country with one of the highest crime rates in Latin America.
July 29, 2008
Chile: Pinochet daughter to run for office – Lucia Pinochet Hiriart
Mexican voters oppose Calderon’s plan for oil industry In the capital, more than 80% issue a resounding ‘no’ to the proposal to allow private firms a greater role. In the nine states that also voted, more than 90% give the plan a thumbs down.
July 27, 2008
The U.S. presidential race is sparking lots of interest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Many residents say they like the youth and promise of change of Sen. Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic nominee. But many others say they like Sen. John McCain, the presumed Republican nominee, for his stance in favor of free trade.
Divide a la prensa española visita de Hugo Chávez
July 26, 2008
Cuba Revolution Day speech by Raul Castro gets scrutiny
July 24, 2008
President Alan García presides over one of the region’s fastest growth rates, but his approval rating sank to 26 percent this week because the poor say their lives aren’t any better. – Peru
Total Recall in Bolivia: Divided Nation Faces Historic Vote
Nicaragua: The Tenuous Indigenous-Sandinista Alliance
Energy reform in Mexico – A controversial referendum and the future of the state oil company
Three slayings occurred and a small group of protesters gathered Tuesday, the day Mexican President Felipe Calderón arrived for a visit in Juárez.
July 22, 2008
Cuban-Venezuelan ties boom under Raul Castro
July 21, 2008
Argentine Senate votes against hike in farm tariffs
July 18, 2008
Juanes and Miguel Bosé To Join Ingrid Betancourt In Paris For a July 20th Concert To Demand The Release Of All Remaining Hostages In Colombia And An End To Guerrilla Violence in The Country
July 14, 2008
US Embassy Admits to Intervention in 2004 Salvadoran Presidential Elections
July 13, 2008
As Chávez warms up to Colombia, Ecuador refuses to mend ties
July 10, 2008
In Colombia, Uribe more popular than ever
