President Hugo Chávez said Wednesday he will try to re-establish contacts with Colombian rebels in an attempt to win freedom for more hostages held by the guerrillas.
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The murder of the acting chief of Mexico's federal police amid an unprecedented wave of drug gang attacks on security officials will soon become a major issue in the U.S. presidential candidates' escalating war for Hispanic votes.
Colombia and the FARC guerrillas have been in the news lately because of the Colombian military's cross-border raid into Ecuador that killed a top guerrilla leader.
For the latest information on the issues, click on the headline above.Three Mexican police chiefs have requested political asylum in the United States as violence escalates in the Mexican drug wars and spills across the U.S. border, a top Homeland Security official told The Associated Press.
Former President Lucio Gutiérrez can run for public office again after completing a two-year suspension for campaign finance infractions, Ecuador's top election court announced late Tuesday.
Officials say two police officers were shot and killed in northern Mexico when they tried to stop gunmen from kidnapping a family.
Colombian police seized US$25 million (euro16 million) in properties Wednesday from a paramilitary warlord extradited to the U.S. on drug-trafficking charges.
Argentina is becoming a symbol of the far-reaching effects of global food inflation. Like other developing countries that depend on agricultural exports, it is struggling mightily to figure out how to protect local food sources without breaking the backbone of its economy.
Argentine farmers say talks with the national government are going nowhere and are yet more proof that President Cristina Fernandez does not understand them.
LO DE LUNA, Mexico -- The effects of the subprime mortgage crisis and the downturn in the U.S. economy have cascaded into Mexico, causing a sudden, precipitous drop in the flow of money sent home by Mexican immigrants and highlighting this country's dependence on its wealthier northern neighbor
