MiamiHerald.com: Latin America & Caribbean Politics http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Latin America andamp; Caribbean Politics http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Latin America & Caribbean Politics 60 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:43:23 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com Haiti's prime minister targeted for ouster by lawmakers http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1301613.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1301613.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:24 EDT With Haiti poised to enjoy the economic benefits of long-elusive stability, foreign diplomats are scrambling behind the scenes to keep it all from unraveling as several lawmakers demand the ouster of the country's prime minister. Faced with a deep recession, Cuba tries socialism lite http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1281788.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1281788.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:26 EDT Cuba's workplace cafeterias are closing, President Raúl Castro keeps saying the well-off shouldn't get the same subsidies as the poor, and now there are rumblings that one of the stalwart vestiges of the revolution -- the ration booklet -- has outlived its usefulness. Blogger can't come to U.S. for prize http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1279547.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1279547.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:25 EDT 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. U.S.-Cuba travel picking up steam http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1279295.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1279295.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:25 EDT A powerful campaign to allow all Americans to travel to Cuba is rumbling through Congress, with both backers and opponents predicting eventual victory and a Cuban-American Senator holding a key vote. Controversial media-reform bill in Argentina faces vote http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1275157.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1275157.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:24 EDT A controversial media reform bill, set to be debated in the Argentine Senate on Friday, pits two powerful forces against each other -- President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the country's largest media conglomerate. OAS diplomats get talks started in Honduras crisis http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1273683.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1273683.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:23 EDT Diplomats pushed the two sides of the Honduran political conflict into direct talks for the first time in nearly three months, but left the country Thursday with no commitment from the coup-installed government to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya. South Florida Republicans, back from Honduras, call for U.S. backing of elections http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1270203.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1270203.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:22 EDT 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. Report: Hard to ease Cuba embargo http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1262329.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1262329.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:57 EDT A U.S. president has limited ways to ease the embargo on Cuba -- unless he or she certifies that Havana is moving toward democracy or Congress overturns U.S. laws on the sanctions, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Obama aide frets about 'ghosts of past' in Honduras crisis http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1260565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1260565.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:45 EDT The June 28 coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya ``deeply offended the core principles of the Americas,'' a top Obama administration official said Wednesday, calling for de facto authorities there to ``fully and immediately restore all civil and constitutional rights to the Honduran people.'' Costa Rican leader blasts decree http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1258651.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1258651.html Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:44 EDT Condemning the Honduran coup as a throwback to Latin America's ugly history, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said Tuesday that the country can't have free and fair elections until its de facto government lifts a repressive decree that silenced opposition media and forbade public gatherings. President Clinton says Haiti has a good shot at success http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1258399.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1258399.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:52 EDT Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Haiti enjoyed the backing of its Latin American neighbors more than ever on Tuesday as he spoke on the opening day of the Americas Conference. They're torturing me, Honduras' Manuel Zelaya claims http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1248828.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1248828.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:21 EDT It's been 89 days since Manuel Zelaya was booted from power. He's sleeping on chairs, and he claims his throat is sore from toxic gases and "Israeli mercenaries'' are torturing him with high-frequency radiation. Honduras tense as crisis reignites http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1246809.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1246809.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:20 EDT Ousted Honduran President Manuel ``Mel'' Zelaya prepared to spend a second night holed up in the Brazilian embassy Tuesday as police fought running battles with his supporters and world leaders called for a peaceful solution to the dramatic standoff. Defying arrest orders, Zelaya slipped into Honduras on Monday and took refuge at the diplomatic compound. As his followers surrounded the building, his rival and de facto President Roberto Micheletti imposed a curfew, shut down the airport and border crossings, and called on Brazil to hand Zelaya over on charges of treason and abuse of power. Ousted Manuel Zelaya slips back into Honduras http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1245427.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1245427.html Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:27 EDT In a dramatic move that seemed like something out of a Hollywood movie, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sneaked back into his country and turned up Monday at the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, the capital. Juanes in Havana:`This is the power of music' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1243567.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1243567.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:30 EDT As a sea of revelers jammed Havana's Plaza de la Revolución, Puerto Rico's Olga Tañon opened the controversial Peace without Borders concert Sunday with a sentiment that, despite all the debate on both sides of the Florida Straits, simply could not be disputed: Cubans on island wary of politics behind Juanes concert http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1239125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1239125.html Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:28 EDT Shirtless men are hard at work under an unforgiving sun this week, hammering away at the stage that on Sunday will hold an unprecedented concert with some of Latin music's biggest stars. Outspoken U.N. diplomat makes no apologies http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1233994.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1233994.html Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:11 EDT Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann remembers the tension he felt July 5 as a private jet carrying him and the ousted Honduran leader, who was bent on reclaiming his office, attempted a bold landing at the Tegucigalpa airport. White House renews trade ban on Cuba http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1233997.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1233997.html Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:10 EDT President Barack Obama has signed a one-year extension of the law used to impose the trade embargo on Cuba, disappointing those who favored allowing the law to expire as a friendly nod to Havana while reassuring others who oppose easing the sanctions. Haitian businesses say downgraded travel advisory doesn't go far enough http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1229561.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1229561.html Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:12 EDT More than a month after the U.S. State Department downgraded its travel advisory to Haiti, business leaders in the Caribbean nation say the revision opens the door slightly to foreign investment, tourism, and other business opportunities. Donors urged to fulfill pledges to Haiti http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1227830.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/latin-america-and-caribbean-politics/story/1227830.html Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:12 EDT Former President Bill Clinton has called on donor countries to make good on financial pledges to help Haiti recover from back-to-back storms last year.