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Chanting "Democracy yes, dictatorship no!" Ortega opponents numbering 50,000 by organisers marched peacefully in the capital Managua against his controversial re-election plans, even as thousands of the president's supporters...
Venezuelan police captured a leader of a Colombia-linked paramilitary force, the interior minister announced Saturday amid sky-high military tensions between the South American neighbours. Magaly Janeth Moreno Vega was captured...
The United States is massively building up its potential for nuclear and non-nuclear strikes in Latin America and the Caribbean by acquiring unprecedented freedom of action in seven new military, naval and air bases in...
By John Catalinotto Brussels, Belgium Three Marxist “think tanks” met in Brussels from Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 for an international conference called “The Crisis and Beyond.” The three groups were the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, which...
Updated on Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:28 IST Tags:Amazon, Climate Brasilia: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries next week to forge a common stand ahead of next...
This month was marked by grandiose celebration of the fall of Soviet-designed Communism. Indeed, it thrives in many regions of the world-North Korea, Vietnam, China-and, of all places, Latin America. As a Latin American, I...
Colombia's president can set a democratic example by saying no. A modern, democratic president with a 64% approval rating at the end of his second term has reason to be proud and wonder if he could win again. We refer to...
BY JEAN-GUY ALLARD —de Granma International— WITH the participation of Bush’s spokeswoman in Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, terrorist-at-large Carlos Alberto Montaner and former Venezuelan TV magnate Marcel Granier, the...
A dark street in Sao Paulo, where a power cut left millions without electricity Several Latin American countries have recently been hit by major power shortages, raising concerns that the region is facing a serious energy...
QUITO, Ecuador, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Ecuador's energy crisis shows no sign of easing, but relief may be around the corner after emergency measures were taken by the government to import electricity from Colombia and Peru.
