MORE STORIES

• 

  VENEZUELA

  Chavez seeks indefinite re-election, again

  President Hugo Chavez asked supporters Sunday to petition for a constitutional amendment that would let him seek indefinite re-election and buy more time to build a socialist economy in Venezuela.
• 

  REMITTANCES

  Funds at risk for families back home

  The dependence of a Salvadoran town on remittances from emigrants in the United States mirrors the worry in much of Latin America.

• ON THE WEB

  Pasteles: A taste of Puerto Rico

  There was little evidence of what Elaine Quiros had done in the kitchen of her apartment in East Harlem. The deed was nothing nefarious, but her handiwork -- Puerto Rican pasteles -- was a closely guarded secret, thus the need for a thorough cleaning.

• LOS ANGELES TIMES

  Mexico drug suspects extradited at record pace

  The government of President Felipe Calderon is extraditing drug suspects and other fugitives to the United States at a record pace, reflecting a quiet but seismic shift in Mexican policy that many analysts say could help dismantle trafficking gangs.
• 

  THE NEW YORK TIMES

  Vote creates unlikely foe for leader of Argentina

  Inside Argentina's presidential palace, Vice President Julio Cobos has been persona non grata since casting a decisive vote in July to reject President Cristina Fernandez's attempt to raise taxes on farm exports. The continuing tensions between him and the president and her husband, former President Néstor Kirchner, have become a running political soap opera.
  
• 

  Raul Castro attends first beatification in Cuba

  Thousands of Roman Catholic faithful and even President Raul Castro gathered Saturday for the beatification of a monk known as the "father of the poor" - the first ceremony of its kind on Cuban soil.
• 

  Argentine ex-president charged in video conference

  A three-judge panel formally charged former President Carlos Menem with arms trafficking Friday as he watched on live video from hundreds of miles away because doctors say he is too ill to travel.
• 

  THE NEW YORK TIMES

  Puerto Rico governor promises changes

  Republicans in Washington cheered when Luis G. Fortuño, one of their own, was elected governor of Puerto Rico on Nov. 4. But here on the island, where American affiliations are often worn and dropped like accessories, he now describes his victory as Obamaesque.

• DALLAS MORNING NEWS

  U.S. ambassador to Mexico lashes out on drug war

  After six sometimes tumultuous years as ambassador to Mexico, Tony Garza is speaking out forcefully about U.S. responsibility for Mexico's widening drug violence.

• LOS ANGELES TIMES

  Brazil's housing boom shows cracks

  Just weeks ago, Brazil's housing market was one of the world's most dynamic. But now, the global credit crisis has set up housekeeping, and government efforts to stimulate buying are being trumped by consumers' fears for the future.

• THE NEW YORK TIMES

  Mexico’s drug war, painfully preserved and hidden

  At their best, museums are glorious cultural repositories, reflecting the highest flowering of human creativity, ingenuity and art. But not everything in every culture is glorious, and there are museums for those aspects, too, which is why, hidden from the public, there is an institution here devoted to Mexico’s dark side, the Museum of Drugs.

• ST PETERSBURG TIMES

  Losses puncture Hugo Chavez's ambition

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez certainly likes to put on a show. Only days after his ruling socialist party suffered major losses in regional elections Sunday, he is hosting Russian President Dimitry Medvedev today on a state visit. Just to add to the occasion, part of Russia's Northern Fleet dropped anchor off the Venezuelan coast Tuesday, led by its flagship, Peter the Great.
  

• LOS ANGELES TIMES

  U.S. war on drugs has failed, report says

  The United States' war on drugs has failed and will continue to do so as long as it emphasizes law enforcement and neglects the problem of consumption, a Washington think tank says in a report co-chaired by a former president of Mexico.
• 

  BROTHER JOSE OLALLO VALDES

  Cuban monk is on the path to sainthood

  The first Roman Catholic beatification ceremony to be held on Cuban soil is scheduled for this weekend.

• VENEZUELA

  Rights group assails detention of police in Venezuela

  A new report by a D.C.-based group said members of the Caracas police accused of murder in 2002 and jailed without sentence are being illegally detained.

• GUATEMALA

  More indigenous Guatemalans turn to sex work, stoking HIV fears

  As more indigenous women migrate to cities to be sex workers, health officials in Guatemala fear they will bring diseases back to their villages.

• VENEZUELA

  Chávez alliance off to shaky start

  Russia's president ended his Venezuela visit after a tussle among bodyguards. Both sides downplayed the incident.

• TICO TIMES

  U.S. freezes $64 million in aid to Nicaragua

  Citing “deep concern” over Nicaragua's democratic process, the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) announced yesterday that it is freezing $64 million in aid pledged to Nicaragua over the next year and a half.

• TICO TIMES

  Nica business leaders urge caution amid U.S. calls to cut aid

  César Zamora, president of the Nicaraguan-American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), says that calls in Washington to suspend millions of dollars in U.S. aid to Nicaragua is a “nuclear bomb” that would hurt the common people and “radicalize the government” of President Daniel Ortega.
  
• 

  Russia to help Venezuela develop nuclear energy

  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to help start a nuclear energy program in Venezuela and then departed for Cuba Thursday in a tour aimed at restoring ties that have dwindled since the Cold War.

Previous

Next