Topic: South America

The new face of White House is hottest mask for Brazil's CarnivalBarack Obama is the new face of America, and his likeness will be represented in force during this year's bawdy Carnival bacchanalia.Plastic replicas of the U.S. president-elect's face are the top-selling ...

Venezuela's Chavez says US heating oil program was never suspendedPresident Hugo Chavez said Saturday that Venezuela's program to provide heating oil to poor American families was never halted, despite concerns that deliveries might be interrupted.Venezuela's Citgo Petroleum Corp. had to make a ...

"The presence of Cuba is a very strong signal that America is no longer the boss in Latin America," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told reporters upon his arrival at the summit, which drew 33 heads of state or their representatives.Brazilian President Luiz ...

US president-elect Barack Obama is sending evaluators to study the sprawling US bureaucracy to help him determine how best to meet his administration's goals when he takes office on January 20.Obama's 450-strong transition team will scour more than 100 departments and agencies ...

US president-elect Barack Obama is sending teams of evaluators through the length and breadth of the sprawling US bureaucracy to help him reset the course of the ship of state on January 20.Obama's 450-strong transition team will scour more than 100 departments ...

Fellow editor and sometime couch potato Dennis di Cicco told us all today at our editorial meeting that if you don't want to watch the last U.S. presidential debate, you may want to tune in to the National Geographic Channel for an ...

Colombia Hostages storyIn a July 2 story about the rescue of kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages from Colombian rebels, The Associated Press erroneously translated Betancourt as saying she still aspires " to serve Colombia as president. "Do I still ...

After months of deliberation, a key Congressional panel unanimously approved a free-trade agreement between Peru and the United States Wednesday, a sign President Bush may get the bill later this year.. As a developing country, Peru already gets to export most of ...

Alvaro Uribe Says Colombian Institutions Are Now Free of Infiltration, Corruption by MilitiasPresident Alvaro Uribe said Friday that Colombia's institutions are now free of infiltration and corruption by right-wing militias blamed for some of the nation's worst human rights abuses.In a nationally ...

Summary Box: Colombia's Army Investigated for Civilian KillingsINVESTIGATION: Colombia's public prosecutor has reopened 131 investigations into army killings from 2002-2007, which could result in firings of soldiers.VICTIMS: Prosecutors allege the military tampered with evidence to make civilian victims appear to be combatants. ...