Category Archives: Latin American News

Fighting an uphill battle in Venezuela’s election, opposition leader Henrique Capriles scoffs at acting president and rival Nicolas Maduro as a non-entity riding on the memory of Hugo Chávez to hide his own incompetence. In an interview on his campaign … Continue reading →

Venezuela’s acting President Nicolas Maduro has been making unsubstantiated accusations against Washington, also accusing the United States of plotting to kill Venezuela’s opposition candidate for president. Maduro’s allegations are being interpreted as campaign rhetoric for now. But there is growing … Continue reading →

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Monday vowed to end his nation’s shipments of subsidized oil to Communist-run Cuba, slamming acting President Nicolas Maduro as a puppet of Havana. Capriles has berated Maduro as a weak imitation of the late … Continue reading →

At the closing session of a regional conference in Bogotá, Colombia, authorities from several Latin American and Caribbean countries and international experts agreed on the urgency of building a global, unified, comprehensive and equitable post-2015 development agenda that is relevant … Continue reading →

World growth is likely to be suppressed below potential for several years to come, but Latin America and the Caribbean can escape this global outlook and boost growth significantly by adopting appropriate structural reforms, according to the Inter-American Development Bank’s … Continue reading →

Leaders from around the world are sending their congratulations to the newly elected leader of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Francis, who is the first ever Latin American to become bishop of Rome. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina on … Continue reading →

Venezuela will set up a formal inquiry into suspicions that the late President Hugo Chavez’s cancer was the result of poisoning by his enemies abroad, the government said. The accusation has been derided by critics of the government, who view … Continue reading →

Venezuelan political parties are preparing for intense campaigning ahead of a presidential election set for April 14 to replace Hugo Chávez, the socialist leader who died last week after a long battle with cancer. The date was announced by Venezuela’s … Continue reading →

The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is raising questions about what happens next in Venezuela, both internally and with its relations to other nations, including the United States. Analysts do not expect the tense relationship between Washington and Caracas … Continue reading →

Venezuelans are observing another day of mourning for their late President Hugo Chávez, who died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Mourners were lined up Thursday at a Caracas military academy where Chavez’s body is lying in state. Several close … Continue reading →

Venezuelan officials say President Hugo Chávez has died after a long struggle with cancer. Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced the death on national television Tuesday. He urged the Venezuelan people to show strength and courage, and to be united and … Continue reading →

The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez from an undisclosed form of cancer clears the way for new elections to determine whether his socialist revolution lives on without him. Elections would have to be held within 30 days. Vice President … Continue reading →

Ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has been undergoing tougher new treatment for cancer, including chemotherapy at the military hospital where he has been for the past two weeks, his vice president said. Speaking after a Catholic Mass to pray for … Continue reading →

Venezuela’s vice president says President Hugo Chávez is fighting for his life as he continues treatment for cancer. Vice President Nicolas Maduro appeared on television Thursday to update the nation on Chavez’s condition. The president entered a Caracas hospital 10 … Continue reading →

The murder of two journalists last weekend in Brazil and Peru brought a sharp protest from the Inter American Press Association. Killed in Brazil Feb. 22 was Mafaldo Bezerra Goes, host of a program broadcast on Radio Jaguaribe FM in … Continue reading →

Raúl Castro has been reelected as Cuba’s president in what is expected to be his last official five-year term. According to state media, the National Assembly of People’s Power approved Castro as president Sunday along with 52-year-old Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez … Continue reading →

Officials in Venezuela say President Hugo Chávez is still suffering from respiratory problems following his cancer operation in Cuba in December. Chávez returned from Cuba a week ago and has since been treated in a military hospital in Caracas. Venezuela’s … Continue reading →

Security minister Mario Zamora Cordero and Argentina Ambassador Martín Balza signed an agreement Thursday for an interchange between the Argentinean naval force and Costa Rica’s coast guard. Each year two Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas officers will be granted a full … Continue reading →