THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT

Obama may be just testing Cuba -- and that's OK

There was a lot of talk about a new chapter in U.S-Cuban relations at the 34-country Summit of the Americas...

Bolivia's Evo Morales won't sign declaration unless revised

Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday became the second leader to publicly denounce the final declarat...

Venezuela's Hugo Chávez gives Obama a book

The first full day of the Summit of the Americas began with a gift during President Barack Obama's Saturday...

U.N. chief calls for collective solutions to common problems

In order to dig out of the global economic crisis and ensure peace and security in the future, nations must...

VENEZUELA RELATIONS

Obama, Chávez shake as Summit of the Americas begins

Venezuela said an Obama-Chávez handshake was a historic first step to better relations.

Hugo Chavez says Venezuela-U.S. relations will improve

Closer relations between Venezuela and the United States are no doubt coming soon, President Hugo Chá...

Caribbean leaders caucus on U.S.-Cuba position

Caribbean leaders spent Friday morning and early afternoon huddled behind closed doors to discuss a variety...

Venezuela's Hugo Chávez rejects pending Summit of the Americas declaration

Venezuela ''will veto'' the final declaration due to be issued by this weekend's Fifth Summit of the Americ...

Report shows summits have a poor follow-up record

Ever wonder whether anything actually comes out of these presidential summits? A new report by the Active D...

THE AMERICAS

Raúl Castro: I'm willing to talk to U.S.

As the Summit of the Americas was set to begin, Raúl Castro made an overture to the United States.

Hillary Clinton: Haiti, Cuba policy still evolving

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the Obama administration is reviewing a U.S. policy of de...

TR

Manning sets the tone for Summit

Prime Minister Patrick Manning last night set the tone for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, when he called...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Obama to invest $30m to fight regional crime

In a 16-minute address punctuated by applause, United States President Barack Obama called on leaders of th...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Chavez to Obama: Let's be friends

"I want to be your friend," tough-talking Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told US President Barack Obama y...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Man gets $100,000 bail for placard protest

An environmentalist was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after he was charged with erecting placards prote...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Media mob Chavez

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proved to be a highlight during the arrivals of the Heads of State/Governm...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Waiting in vain for Obama

Disappointment marked many faces of fans who, having for hours awaited the arrival of US President Barack O...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Michelle opts out of Summit

Many people were disappointed yesterday as news spread that US First Lady Michelle Obama would not be comin...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Trinis flock to beaches for 'long weekend'

When the Heads of State/Government meet for the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain this weekend,...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Weekend 'curfew' for Piarco, Oropune villagers

Piarco and Oropune villagers will be involuntarily confined to their homes this weekend after the Summit Se...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

T&T "anxious and ready"

"We are ready. We are anxious. But we are ready," Communications Coordinator Felipe Noguera said Thursday a...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Obama statement to Trinidad Express

By Barack Obama Thursday, April 16th 2009 As we approach the Summit of the Americas, our hemisphere...

In Dominica elections, party offers `the only vision'

Caribbean voters living in the tiny island of Dominica will head to the polls on Dec. 18 for general electi...

Accused Colombian paramilitary leader arrested

José Misael Valero Santana, who, according to Colombian prosecutors, led a paramilitary force of abo...

Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican

Honduras' Roberto Micheletti to step down for 7 days

Honduras' de facto president Roberto Micheletti will give up his controversial post for seven days begin...

LAND SHARK STADIUM

Soccer helps Hondurans forget their political woes

Thousands of fans put Honduras' political problems aside for one night to cheer on the nation's soccer team...

CUBA | HUMAN RIGHTS

Report: Cuba's Raúl Castro as ruthless as Fidel

A report by Human Rights Watch paints Raúl Castro's regime in Cuba as little more than a continuati...

Diario publisher to head press group

Alejandro J. Aguirre, deputy editor and publisher of the Spanish-language Diario Las Américas newspa...

PERU-CHILE RELATIONS

War of words escalating over Peru's spy accusations

Sparring between Chile and Peru intensified Tuesday over spying allegations, which experts say could be att...

Voice of America expands its Latin American audience

Facing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government's Voice of America broadca...

HONDURAS ELECTIONS

Honduras' crisis brings South Florida election showdown

Cuban hunger striker reported very ill

Leading Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque is extremely ill due to complications from her diabetes and a ...

CUBA SPY CASE

U.S. agent for Cuba gets life in prison

Spies for Cuba plead guilty, one gets life in prison

U.S.-CUBA RELATIONS

Blogger in Cuba has Washington's ear

A blogger in Cuba who's not afraid to take on the authorities has gained attention at the White House and o...

Parts of Cuban blogger's essay read aloud in House

Part of a Cuban blogger's essay that advocates lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba was read aloud at a H...

Cuba travel ban under discussion in Washington

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen blasted efforts to open Cuba up to U.S. tourists Thursday during a House Fore...

CUBA | HUMAN RIGHTS

Report: Cuba's Raúl Castro as ruthless as Fidel

A report by Human Rights Watch paints Raúl Castro's regime in Cuba as little more than a continuati...

ECONOMY

Poll: Cubans `frustrated' over life in Cuba

A poll conducted in Cuba shows residents unhappy with their government and pessimistic about the economy.

Cuban hunger striker reported very ill

Leading Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque is extremely ill due to complications from her diabetes and a ...

U.S. expresses outrage over `assault' on Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez

The U.S. State Department has told Cuba it deplores last week's ``assault'' on blogger Yoani Sánchez...

CUBA

Cuba's blogosphere has developed a sharper edge

Cuba's blogosphere has taken on a decidedly harsher face in recent months, an act of online defiance in the...

TRAVEL TO CUBA

More Democrats oppose lifting Cuban travel ban

The bill to lift the ban on travel to Cuba could be in peril as more Democrats say they are against it.

Detenido en la frontera venezolana un candidato colombiano a la presidencia

El candidato liberal a la presidencia de Colombia, Rafael Pardo, pidió este viernes que se declare l...

Chavez praises alleged terrorist Carlos the Jackal

Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprison...

Venezuela acusa a Colombia de 'provocación' tras nueva denuncia

Chávez llama 'desgraciado' al canciller colombiano

El presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, llamó "desgraciado'' al canciller colombiano, Jaime Be...

Se desploma el comercio entre EEUU y Venezuela

El comercio entre Estados Unidos y Venezuela registró durante los primeros nueve meses del 2009 una...

Venezuela: Colombia detained troops illegally

A Venezuelan commander contends Colombia wrongly detained four of his soldiers last week along the border s...

Cubanos manejan los hilos del poder en Venezuela

Una élite de técnicos y asesores cubanos participan activamente en el control de funciones o...

Venezuela: detienen a italiano y colombiano por narcos

Los cuerpos de seguridad locales detuvieron a un italiano y colombiano quienes era solicitados por delitos ...

Chávez condecora a espías cubanos presos en Estados Unidos

El presidente de Venezuela Hugo Chávez condecoró este sábado con la máxima ord...

Washington investiga a cónsules de Venezuela

Generalmente, los cónsules son diplomáticos de bajo rango que se ocupan de temas como las so...

Gobernador pide no descartar ataque militar de Chávez

El gobernador de Táchira, César Pérez Vivas, asegura que Chávez quiere distraer...