VENEZUELA

Venezuelan TV officials: Hillary Clinton backs us

The head of a Venezuelan opposition television network made a stop in Miami after meeting with Secretary of...

HONDURAS

Dueling Honduran leaders talk tough

As mediation talks between Honduras' dueling presidents start in Costa Rica, some wonder whether there will...

Uribe to Colombian rebels: free all hostages

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says he will allow an opposition senator to accompany the release of hosta...

Anti-Chavez mayor of Caracas ends hunger strike

The mayor of Venezuela's capital ended a hunger strike Wednesday after the head of the Organization of Amer...

Remains of Flight 447 en route to France for probe

More than 600 pieces of Air France Flight 447 are being sent from Brazil to France by ship to be studied fu...

Amnesty: Peru's pregnant Indian get unequal care

Peru's government doesn't provide adequate care for pregnant women in the impoverished highlands and jungle...

COUP IN HONDURAS

Costa Rican president to mediate Honduras crisis

Talks between the ousted and de facto Honduran leaders, mediated by a Nobel Peace Prize-winning president, ...

Bill Clinton views storm damage in Haiti

Former President Bill Clinton, now the special envoy to Haiti, got a firsthand look at Gonaives, which was ...

Sudden deaths of 11 Cuban cancer patients called medical negligence

THE CARIBBEAN

Caribbean islands at odds over alliances with Hugo Chávez

A budding alliance between Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and several small, English-speaking island nation...

COUP IN HONDURAS

Honduras' Manuel Zelaya plots new strategy to get home

Honduras' Manuel Zelaya is expected to meet with U.S. officials in Washington to find another way to reclai...

Venezuela's Feb. 15 vote to end term limits

Read The Miami Herald's full coverage of the key vote, and its aftermath

The changing face of immigration

In this four-part series, The Miami Herald explores the impact of a changing immigration landscape on illeg...

Haiti children face malnutrition crisis

Read all of The Miami Herald's Staff coverage of the malnutrition crisis faced by Haitian children

Full coverage of Americas Conference

The Miami Herald's coverage of the 2008 Americas Conference, which drew hundreds of participants from the h...

Vodou shrub is alternative fuel

For generations, Vodou practitioners in rural Haiti have sworn by the mystic qualities of Jatropha, an indi...

Paquita la del Barrio sings of the wrongs that men do

The titles of her songs speak volumes: Wicked Men, Low Blow, Pure Pain and Hypocrite. Then there's her mega...

CHAVEZ'S GRAND CRUSADE | PART 1 OF 4

Latin America's Money Man

With oil enriching Venezuela's coffers, President Hugo Chávez is lavishing billions on other countries, boo...

POISONED LIVES

Pollution sickens children in Dominican Republic

The illegal battery smelter so contaminated children here that some of them have been found with what are s...

FOOD CRISIS

Crop fields hold hope in Haiti

In the wake of rising food prices, Haiti turns to agriculture production that experts say requires resource...

More Miami Herald coverage

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More Miami Herald Cuba coverage

More Miami Herald Cuba coverage

REUTERS

Cuban offshore oil drilling plans postponed again

Cuba and a consortium of foreign oil companies have once again postponed plans to drill for oil in the isla...

INTERFAX

29,000 Cubans are Masons

About 29 thousands Cubans are members of more than 300 Masonic lodges in various cities of the country and ...

Estimate: Cuba owes Venezuela $4.6 billion for oil (Spanish)

Sudden deaths of 11 Cuban cancer patients called medical negligence

GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE

Prelate worships across an old Cuban divide

The Catholic archbishop for U.S. armed forces made a pilgrimage of peace from the U.S. Navy base at Guant&a...

AID TO CUBA

Despite Cuba embargo, relief finds a way

A humanitarian organization that illegally delivers aid to Cuba will do so again.

Mystery surrounds missing Cuban pitcher

A Cuban pitcher considered by many baseball scouts to be the No. 1 left-handed prospect in the world left h...

BLOOMBERG

Cuba keeps ill writer jailed as Norway awards prize

CUBA

Cuban regime fears silent majority

On June 24, five Cuban dissidents received the annual Democracy Award given by the National Endowment for D...

ESPIONAGE CASE

What's in a spy suspect's bedroom?

Non-stop flights resume between LA and Havana

A charter company has started offering non-stop flights between Los Angeles and Havana after the Obama admi...

Dominica's Carib tribe elects new chief

The newly elected chief of Dominica's Caribs, the last remaining pre-Columbian tribe in the eastern Caribbe...

Paris Club lenders cancel Haiti debt

The Paris Club of creditor nations said Wednesday it has canceled $62.73 million of debt it is owed by Hait...

PINECREST

Gulliver Prep students show their smarts -- and compassion

Bill Clinton views storm damage in Haiti

Former President Bill Clinton, now the special envoy to Haiti, got a firsthand look at Gonaives, which was ...

THE CARIBBEAN

Caribbean islands at odds over alliances with Hugo Chávez

A budding alliance between Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and several small, English-speaking island nation...

Bill Clinton: Aid coordination needed to fix Haiti

A lack of coordination among aid groups and Haitian leaders is hurting efforts to ease poverty in the Carib...

Bill Clinton making first Haiti visit as UN envoy

Bill Clinton aims to refocus international attention on this Caribbean country's deep economic problems and...

From Haiti, a surprise: good news about AIDS

When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin.

CARIBBEAN

Caribbean leaders seek help for their economies

Cash-strapped Caribbean leaders plan to lobby international financial institutions for assistance.

CARICOM SUMMIT

Caribbean Community nations seek unity

Members of the CARICOM regional group seek unity as Caribbean nations as economic, trade and immigration ch...

Former Turks & Caicos prime minister faces criminal probe

British officials looking into corruption allegations in the Turks and Caicos Islands have called for a cri...

Chávez amenaza a empresas de cable

El ministro de Obras Públicas, Diosdado Cabello, afirmó el jueves que el gobierno de Hugo Ch&...

Chávez amenaza a empresas de cable

El ministro de Obras Públicas, Diosdado Cabello, afirmó el jueves que el gobierno de Hugo Ch&...

Embajador venezolano irrita a senadores brasileños

Senadores brasileños reaccionaron el jueves con irritación ante una carta del embajador venez...

Venezuela announces new rules affecting cable TV

President Hugo Chavez's government is imposing new regulations on cable television while revoking the licen...

Venezuela questions U.S. desire to better relations

President Hugo Chavez's government on Wednesday questioned the sincerity of the Obama administration's stat...

VENEZUELA

Venezuelan TV officials: Hillary Clinton backs us

The head of a Venezuelan opposition television network made a stop in Miami after meeting with Secretary of...

Anti-Chavez mayor of Caracas ends hunger strike

The mayor of Venezuela's capital ended a hunger strike Wednesday after the head of the Organization of Amer...

Venezuela condena declaraciones de Clinton

El gobierno del presidente Hugo Chávez deploró el miércoles una declaración de ...

Director de Globovisión visita el Herald

Ravell: EEUU apoya a medios en Venezuela

Durante una reunión con El Nuevo Herald y The Miami Herald, Ravell y el periodista Leopoldo Castillo...

Director de Globovisión visita El Nuevo Herald

Ravell: Chávez no piensa en nada más que Honduras

"No le pedimos ayuda a Hillary Clinton ni al gobierno de EEUU porque nuestros problemas los tenemos que res...

THE CARIBBEAN

Caribbean islands at odds over alliances with Hugo Chávez

A budding alliance between Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and several small, English-speaking island nation...

Uribe to Colombian rebels: free all hostages

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says he will allow an opposition senator to accompany the release of hosta...

COLOMBIA

Trade deal would reduce drug flow

During the Colombia Free Trade Agreement discussions in the White House and Congress, a major point has bee...

Limbo for Colombia family seeking hostage release

A year after Colombian military agents disguised as international aid workers helicoptered Ingrid Betancour...

Ecuador judge seeks Colombia ex-official's arrest

An Ecuadorean judge has issued an arrest order for a former Colombian defense minister in connection with a...

Obama expresses optimism about Colombia free trade

President Barack Obama said Monday he is confident the U.S. and Colombia can ultimately reach a deal on a s...

COLOMBIA | SECOND IN A THREE-PART SERIES

Witness relays horror of military executions

A survivor's account sheds light on the 'false positive' executions that have brought grief to thousands of...

LOS ANGELES TIMES

The FARC isn't finished

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the oldest and strongest terrorist group in North or South Amer...

COLOMBIA | THE FARC

Colombia's FARC rebels work on rebirth plan

Hit by increased desertions and military attacks, Colombia's leftist insurgency is working to reinvent itself.

Mexico turns over alleged rebel to Colombia

An alleged rebel turned over to Colombia by Mexico held a key role promoting his guerrilla group internatio...

Colombia's Alvaro Uribe: Staying in power `inappropriate'

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe says it would be ''inappropriate'' for him to seek a third consecutive te...

Colombia's leader may seek unlimited reelection

Colombia's conservative President Alvaro Uribe never had much in common with leftist President Hugo Ch&aacu...

THE WASHNGTON POST

Oscar Arias: Fuel for a Coup

The Perils of Latin America's Oversized Militaries

THE WASHINGTON POST

EDITORIAL | A Chance for Honduras

The best way to defeat deposed president Manuel Zelaya lies in allowing his return.

COLOMBIA

Trade deal would reduce drug flow

During the Colombia Free Trade Agreement discussions in the White House and Congress, a major point has bee...

CUBA

Cuban regime fears silent majority

On June 24, five Cuban dissidents received the annual Democracy Award given by the National Endowment for D...

BLOOMBERG

Cuba keeps ill writer jailed as Norway awards prize

HONDURAS

What's the chance of stability?

The United States, the OAS, the European Union, Hugo Chávez, Fidel Castro -- most of all, Chá...

A new approach to Cuba

The Obama administration has made an excellent first step to eliminate some restrictions on travel to the i...

NEWSWEEK

The Havana obsession; Why all eyes are on a bankrupt island

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush recently had a face-to-face debate in Canada to discuss current affairs. Th...

AKRON BEACON JOURNAL

Obama has many options to change course on Cuba

The Obama administration has made an excellent first step to eliminate some restrictions on travel to Cuba,...

KENDALL AND GWENDOLYN MYERS

Why did they spy for Cuba?

Why would someone betray his country? More specifically, why would an American citizen from a distinguished...

U.S. POLICY

Don't reward Castro for Cuba's bad behavior

Speaking recently in France about the North Korean nuclear crisis, President Barack Obama faced up to the f...

THE WASHINGTON POST

For U.S. and OAS, new challenges to Latin American democracy

Bayonet-wielding soldiers are not the biggest threat to democracy in Latin America, where more than a dozen...

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Tensions mount as Honduras defies OAS

Honduras' new leadership ignores OAS deadline to restore Manuel Zelaya, and threatens to arrest him if he r...

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Mexican cartels lure American teens as killers

When he was finally caught, Rosalio Reta told detectives here that he had felt a thrill each time he killed...

WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Mexican Drug Lord Who Got Away

Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera has become a narco folk hero, and each year that Mexico is unable to...

THE WASHINGTON POST

In Mexico, the U.S. Downturn Hits Home

Remittances sent home by Mexicans in the United States are the second-largest source of legal foreign reven...

THE WASHINGTON POST

In Juarez, A Trail of Drugs and Violence

Assailants have been targeting addicts in Ciudad Juarez for the past year. In August, eight men were killed...

THE WASHINGTON POST

Mexico targets drug trade in Michoacan

Since Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent troops into his home state of Michoacan in 2006 to fight drug ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES

In Mexican city, drug war ills slip into shadows

The reminders of Nuevo Laredo’s violent days still mar its streets — bullet holes and the impacts of grenad...

THE WASHINGTON POST

Hugo Chávez raising pressure on Globovision

In recent weeks, officials in Venezuela -- where the government controls a media apparatus devoted to glowi...

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Bullets don't stop Guatemala green activist

Yuri Melini was shot seven times by an assailant nine months ago. The outspoken champion of environmental c...

THE NEW YORK TIMES

An independence claim in Nicaragua

After declaring independence from the rest of Nicaragua in April, a group of indigenous activists from the ...