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Sean Penn in direct appeal to Bolivia's leader
Sean Penn has made a direct public appeal to Bolivia's president to order the immediate release of a New York businessman who has been jailed for 18 ...
Extortion of American stings Bolivian officials
It is an unlikely tale: Orthodox Jew from New York City comes to Bolivia to rescue a rice-growing venture, gets thrown in jail on suspicion of money ...
Obama victory a relief for Latin American left
From Caracas to Havana to La Paz, President Barack Obama's re-election victory was welcomed with a sigh of relief by many on Latin America's left, ...
Bolivia returns tiny mummy to Peru
The mummified toddler seized from antiquities traffickers is at least 700 years old and sits, spine curved forward, only about a foot tall. It was ...
Penn gets multiple requests in Bolivia
It's not clear whether Sean Penn knew ahead of his visit to Bolivia of the missions he'd be asked to assume by President Evo Morales. Cabinet chief ...
In Latin America, incumbents increasingly dominate
After four election wins, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is on track to completing at least 20 years in power, and supporters such as street ...
Harsh rebel rhetoric as Colombian peace talks open
Colombia's first peace talks in a decade were inaugurated Thursday a half world away with a demonstration of just how widely the two sides differ on ...
Obama: 'Today we celebrate Cesar Chavez'
President Barack Obama on Monday designated the home of Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez as a national monument, calling Chavez a hero who brought ...
Obama to designate Chavez home as nat'l monument
Maria Ybarra's trailer is one of two left on the property that for over two decades was home to Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez and farmworkers like ...
Bolivia's VP and journalist marry in Aymara rites
The nation's vice president and his bride chose for their Saturday nuptials a temple of stone walls that the ancient Aymara people constructed some ...
Bolivia denounces US extradition denial
Bolivian President Evo Morales says he has received word that Washington will not extradite a former leader wanted in connection with the deaths of ...
Cocaine production drops by 25 percent in Colombia
Production of pure cocaine in Colombia declined by 25 percent in the last year, according to a U.S. government survey of drug production. Drug czar ...
Striking Bolivian police reject accord
Striking Bolivian police officers have rejected an accord with the government four days into a nationwide strike to demand higher wages.
Soggy solstice: Stonehenge gets soaking
Rain-sodden crowds welcomed a spectacularly wet summer solstice at Stonehenge in true British fashion Thursday: With stoicism and wit. So bad was the ...