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By Alejandra del Palacio MEXICO CITY, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Many Latin American countries on Friday launched different political, cultural, sports and entertainment activities to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the...
TEMUCO, Chile, Nov 20 (IPS) - "This lie has got to end," said a sobbing Luisa Marilef, a 55-year-old Mapuche woman who says her son's arrest and prosecution under Chile's anti-terrorism law was part of a set-up by the police...
Movement for Socialism May Sweep December 2009 Bolivian Elections Evo Morales, Bolivia's first fully indigenous president and leader of the Movement for Socialism party, is expected to handily win the December 2009 Bolivian...
VATICAN CITY, NOV. 20, 2009 .- Benedict XVI received today in audience President Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan of the South American nation of Suriname. The Vatican press office confirmed after the encounter that the talks were...
Despite decades of economic growth, average citizens are dissatisfied—and want better schools and more opportunities Piñera, a conservative now leading in the polls, plans no radical policy shift Claudio Reyes/EPA/Corbis...
Salvador, Brazil - The president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Mahmoud Abbas, launched Thursday in Brazil a South American tour that is also to take him to Argentina and Chile. Abbas arrived Thursday in the...
Brasilia - Brazil on Thursday weighed in on the Middle East peace process, asking Israel to scrap new home building plans in occupied East Jerusalem just prior to a visit from Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud...
With Venezuelan troops mobilised on the border with Colombia, and Peru accusing Chile of military espionage, bilateral tensions are once again flaring across Latin America. As has often been the case in recent years, the worst...
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a regional grant of up to US$2.25 million to support initiatives to increase political participation by women from Latin America and the Caribbean, especially...
The spying scandal is the latest in a long line of spats between the two countries Chile's President Michelle Bachelet has responded angrily to claims by Peru's leader that Santiago was involved in spying on its neighbour. Mrs...
