Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo has gone on trial on charges of embezzling millions of dollars in public funds between 2000 and 2004.
Mr Portillo, 58, is also wanted in the US for allegedly embezzling foreign donations for education projects.
During his time in office, Mr Portillo promised to campaign against corruption and impunity in [...]
Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff opened a 24-percentage point lead over her main presidential rival in an opinion poll on Saturday, staying on course win the October 3 election in the first round.
Career civil servant Rousseff has 51 percent support, against former Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra’s 27 percent, [...]
President Hugo Chavez’s allies launched their campaigns Wednesday for crucial congressional elections that come just as recession, crime and inflation have pushed the socialist leader’s popularity to a seven-year low.
A survey by Venezuelan polling firm Consultores 21 found that just 36 percent of Venezuelans approve of Chavez’s performance, the lowest [...]
Chavez want to give political credibility to FARC.
Before the last summit of the UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) the President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez proposed to country members of Unasur the “need for peace in Colombia after decades of violence, and for this a political negotiation with the guerrillas is essential”. [...]
Recent polls showed that the presidential candidate of the governmental PT Mrs. Dilma Rousseff has an important electoral advantage over the opposition candidate Jose Serra, but some things could change after a “movie style” heavy shoot out in Rio de Janeiro.
Mr. Serra has been trying to put the issue of security and public safety in [...]
Florida Governor Charlie Crist has a slight edge over Republican Marco Rubio and either possible Democratic candidate in a three-way U.S. Senate race in November, according to a poll released on Sunday.
Independent Crist, who left the Republican Party to avoid a primary fight with Rubio, leads Rubio by 32 percent to 30 percent if Democrat [...]
The Cabinet Chief of the argentinian Government Aníbal Fernández said last friday that either Néstor Kirchner or Cristina Fernández de Kirchner would be the candidates for the 2011 presidential elections from that party.
When making declarations for a newspaper from Santiago del Estero province, Fernández seemed confident when he said that the next government administration “will [...]
A clearly revived Fidel Castro marks his 84th birthday Friday, officially out of government yet holding veto power over brother Raúl’s plans for economic reforms and hopes for improved U.S. relations.
That much is pretty certain, said analysts in Cuba and abroad who have watched Fidel make a dozen unusually public appearances after a near-fatal health [...]
Venezuela and Colombia agreed to restore diplomatic relations and vowed to step up security along their border to prevent Marxist guerrillas and drug traffickers from mounting attacks or using dense jungle for hideouts.
The two countries will form joint committees to work on any lingering issues, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday after meeting with [...]
During this week, VEJA.com (website of brazilian Veja magazine) published a series on one of the problems that most afflict the Brazilian and it certainly will weigh in choosing the next president: public safety and crime. In order to address that situation , here are the main proposals of the leading candidates for the elections.
All [...]
