Cuban national television has broadcast new photos and video of Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Cuban national television has broadcast new photos and video of Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
The Obama administration is continuing an investigation into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - known as the ATF - for allegedly allowing guns to be smuggled into Mexico after they had been purchased in the United States by people who were suspected of criminal activity. The allegations have fueled anger and mistrust on both sides of the border.
A draft report commissioned by the U.S. government says far fewer people died or were left homeless following Haiti's January 2010 earthquake than had been previously reported.
At a news conference in Washington Thursday, Martelly said his focus as Haiti's new president will be to revive and modernize the country's economy, to provide free access to education and to move victims of last year's earthquake out of tents by jumpstarting reconstruction. Martelly said he also plans to strengthen Haiti's agricultural sector.
A Chilean judge has ordered the exhumation of the remains of former president Salvador Allende to try to determine whether he was killed in a 1973 American-supported coup led by General Augusto Pinochet or committed suicide as planes bombed the presidential palace.
Haitian officials say the final results of the country's recent runoff elections will be announced next Monday, instead of this coming Saturday as originally planned.
Out-going Haitian President René Préval is urging donor countries to act quicker in disbursing the billions of dollars promised to Haiti for its recovery and reconstruction from last year’s massive earthquake. With little more than a month left in office, Mr. Préval took some parting shots at the U.N. Security Council Wednesday, criticizing the 15-members for not quickly shifting the U.N. mission there from a peacekeeping one to one focused on development and peace building.
Ecuador is expelling the U.S. ambassador over a 2009 diplomatic cable divulged by WikiLeaks in which the diplomat accused the Andean nation's former police chief of corruption.
Haiti's electoral council has declared popular singer Michel Martelly the winner of the country's presidential runoff election.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday wrapped up a three-day, private visit to Cuba, his second to the communist-led island since 2002, the year he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The United States and Cuba do not have formal diplomatic relations, only interests sections that are technically part of the Swiss embassies in each other's capitals.
During his five day trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador, President Barack Obama spoke in soaring tones about the progress of democracy and economic and social advancement in Latin America. Mr. Obama now faces the task of following through with commitments he made.
Many of Mexico's largest news media outlets have agreed on a set of guidelines for the way they cover the country's ongoing drug war. Mexico's two dominant television networks, along with radio and newspaper groups, signed a 10-point agreement Thursday in Mexico City.
President Barack Obama is nearing the end of a five-day tour of three Latin American nations to underscore the advance of democracy, and strong economic growth in the region. The president held talks with El Salvador's president, and made a highly-symbolic visit to the grave of the assassinated archbishop who became a symbol of the country's troubled political past.
Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to his homeland on Friday after seven years in exile, saying his return was the fulfillment of Haitians' dreams for democracy.
Brazil's federal highway police said the truck overturned around a curve in the highway in Santa Catarina state before dawn on Saturday. The fallen truck slid into the oncoming lane, colliding head on with the bus.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon agreed Thursday to work more closely to combat drug violence. The two leaders tried to smooth over recent disagreements on how the war on drugs should be fought.
Mexico's military has arrested the alleged regional head of the Zetas drug cartel in connection with the recent murder of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is meeting to hear arguments regarding a 2008 decision by the Venezuelan government that has blocked hundreds of people from running for office.
At least three gunmen were killed in a failed attack on the mayor of a northern town located near this metropolis, Mexico's industrial hub.
Colombian officials say rebels who had announced plans to release three hostages Sunday have released only one so far.
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