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Bolivia mining town erects huge statue of Virgin
The Carnival celebrations in this Andean mining city already rival Brazil's Rio de Janeiro for color and culture, if not for size. Now Oruro has ...
Venezuelan government: Hugo Chavez recovering
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in good spirits and recovering six weeks after he underwent cancer surgery in Cuba, his government said Tuesday ...
Chavez reportedly at exclusive Cuba hospital
It's a blocky, blush-colored building surrounded by a lush canopy of trees near the rumored home of Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro.
Venezuela's VP in Havana to see Chavez, family
Venezuela's vice president flew to Cuba on Friday to visit the ailing Hugo Chavez and his family, while the leaders of Argentina and Peru also ...
Partial victory for Bolivia in coca fight
Evo Morales' global crusade to decriminalize the coca leaf, launched in 2006 after the coca growers' union leader was first elected president of ...
Venezuela holds symbolic inauguration for Chavez
Nothing shows the extent of Hugo Chavez's grip on power quite as clearly as his absence from his own inauguration Thursday. Venezuela gathered foreign ...
Venezuela lawmakers postpone Chavez swearing-in
Venezuela's opposition announced on Wednesday that it plans to ask the Supreme Court to rule on whether delaying the swearing-in of cancer-stricken ...
Venezuela opposition: Chavez secrecy feeds rumors
Venezuela's opposition demanded that the government reveal specifics of President Hugo Chavez's condition Wednesday, criticizing secrecy surrounding ...
Bolivia expropriates Spanish energy subsidiaries
President Evo Morales nationalized the Bolivian electricity distribution subsidiaries of the Spanish energy company Iberdrola in a public ceremony ...
Venezuela VP in Cuba to visit ailing Chavez
Venezuela's vice president arrived in Havana on Saturday in a sudden and unexpected trip to visit President Hugo Chavez as he recovers from cancer ...
VP says Chavez up, walking; doubts persist
Vice President Nicolas Maduro surprised Venezuelans with a Christmas Eve announcement that President Hugo Chavez is up and walking two weeks after ...
Mexico's Maya heartland greets dawn of new era
Dec. 21 started out as the prophetic day some had believed would usher in the fiery end of the world. By Friday afternoon, it had become more comic ...
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, ...
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 ...
Some memorable props used by speakers at the UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's use of a cartoon-like drawing of a bomb to convey a message over Iran's disputed nuclear program follows ...
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 ...
Ecuador leader stakes claim to moral superiority
Rafael Correa is a committed leftist and former lay missionary whose first run at elected office was his successful 2006 election as Ecuador's ...
Fidel Castro turns 86 behind closed doors
Cuba marked Fidel Castro's 86th birthday on Monday with congratulatory messages in state media but no planned appearance by the retired leader, who ...