Chevron indictments expected soon in Brazil »
Brazilian prosecutors are planning to file criminal charges against Chevron Corp within the next several weeks, adding the possibility of prison time to an $11 billion civil lawsuit for a…
2012 Jan 28 / Comments Off / Read More »
2000-2010: Another lost decade for South America´s economic competitiveness and social welfare. »
“There’s no doubt that with the growth of China, we’ve seen a re-commoditization of Latin America,” said Colombia’s Mining Minister Mauricio Cárdenas, an economist and former Director of the Latin…
2012 Jan 17 / Comments Off / Read More »
Chavez rejects World Bank oil decision in advance »
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Sunday that his nation will not recognize any decision by a World Bank tribunal in a multibillion-dollar arbitration case against Exxon Mobil Corporation. Exxon…
2012 Jan 10 / Comments Off / Read More »
China surpassing US as top Venezuelan trade partner »
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez claimed this week that China may replace the U.S. as Venezuela’s leading trade partner, thanks to a strategic alliance between those two nations. Chavez said that…
2011 Dec 08 / Comments Off / Read More »
Illegal immigration from Mexico hits record low »
Arrests of illegal migrants crossing the US-Mexico border have plunged to levels not seen since the early ’70s, according to tallies released by the US Department of Homeland Security, a…
2011 Dec 06 / Comments Off / Read More »
Chavez bringing home the gold »
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s administration began repatriating that nation’s gold reserves from European banks on Friday, with the first shipment arriving on a flight from Paris. The shipment was protected…
2011 Nov 27 / Comments Off / Read More »Colombia and Peru team up against organized crime »
Colombia and Peru have agreed upon a plan to combat criminal organizations on their common border, the defense ministers of…
2012 Jan 27 / Comments Off / Read More »From Mexico to South America: Gral. Petraeus (CIA) visited the Colombian jungle. »
Colombia’s government today praised U.S. support for strengthening systems of technical (Sigint) and human intelligence (Humint) in the fight against…
2012 Jan 24 / Comments Off / Read More »FARC guerrillas take out Colombian radar installation »
Air operations in a wide region of southwestern Colombia were delayed on Saturday following an attack by FARC guerrillas against…
2012 Jan 23 / Comments Off / Read More »Cyber News: U.S. Defense computers tied to “the cloud”. »
To defend the U.S. military’s information assets, Pentagon leaders say defense computers must be tied to the cloud — meaning…
2012 Jan 20 / Comments Off / Read More »Mexican helicopters hit at least 28 times so far in drug war »
According to official figures released by the Mexican government this week, helicopters belonging to that nation’s police and military…
2012 Jan 19 / Comments Off / Read More »U.S. Peace Corps pulls out of Honduras »
Worsening drug and organized-crime violence in Central America has forced the Peace Corps to pull out of Honduras and halt the flow…
2012 Jan 17 / Comments Off / Read More »
