THE WASHINGTON POST

Brazil police try war tactics in violent slums

Rio de Janeiro police have regularly launched large operations in Brazil's favelas, or slums, in their batt...

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Mexico's Subcomandante Marcos makes a rare appearance

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Mexico kidnappers targeting U.S. links

A string of kidnappings in Mexico, singling out people with children or spouses in the United States, so pa...

EL SALVADOR

Salvadoran leftist leads presidential race

The left-wing candidate in the March presidential election has been leading in polls in a polarizing El Sal...

50 YEARS | REVOLUTION AND EXILE

'Yanqui' rebel William Morgan's saga in Cuban revolution is revived

The image of the 'yanqui comandante' has faded, but ex-rebels still recall his role in a revolution that ch...

NICARAGUA

Nicaragua gains land by removing Contra war mines

Nicaraguan farmers are reclaiming plots once covered with thousands of land mines planted during the Contra...

New Puerto Rico gov faces soaring crime, deficit

Puerto Rico's new governor was sworn in Friday, inheriting an island government that is battling a recessio...

The changing face of immigration

In this four-part series, The Miami Herald explores the impact of a changing immigration landscape on illeg...

Haiti children face malnutrition crisis

Read all of The Miami Herald's Staff coverage of the malnutrition crisis faced by Haitian children

Haiti's school collapse disaster

Read The Miami Herald's coverage of the Haiti school collapse that killed dozens. Photo galleries, videos.

Full coverage of Americas Conference

The Miami Herald's coverage of the 2008 Americas Conference, which drew hundreds of participants from the h...

Vodou shrub is alternative fuel

For generations, Vodou practitioners in rural Haiti have sworn by the mystic qualities of Jatropha, an indi...

Paquita la del Barrio sings of the wrongs that men do

The titles of her songs speak volumes: Wicked Men, Low Blow, Pure Pain and Hypocrite. Then there's her mega...

CHAVEZ'S GRAND CRUSADE | PART 1 OF 4

Latin America's Money Man

With oil enriching Venezuela's coffers, President Hugo Chávez is lavishing billions on other countries, boo...

Rights group prods Obama to lift Cuba travel ban

A human rights group is asking President-elect Barack Obama to end immediately a ban on most American trave...

THE RECORD

Cuba, 50 years later

I have learned one thing from my various visits to Cuba over the years, and that is not to predict the demi...

THE WASHINGTON POST

In Cuba, pinning hopes on Obama

The world has numerous expectations of the incoming president Barack Obama, but many Cubans, who live on st...

THE INDEPENDENT

Cuba's golf revolution

The first round was Fidel Castro's way of demonstrating his scorn for the bourgeoisie. But the game he loat...

CUBA

Raúl wants to chat

Shortly before his profoundly anti-American speech of Jan. 1, Raúl Castro, at the time in Brazil, in...

FINANCIAL TIMES

Cuba politics: Waiting for Obama

Raúl Castro has made overtures to Barack Obama. But only incremental change in US policy on Cuba is likely ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Grief marks anniversary of Castro's triumph

Four months after they appeared in the waters between Havana and Miami, the four dead men remain nameless. ...

PALMETTO EXPRESSWAY

Shoes that blocked Palmetto Expressway now bound for needy

The mysterious used shoes that littered the Palmetto Expressway, causing traffic tie-ups and a national sti...

Dominican Republic deports 500 Haitians

Dominican authorities have repatriated nearly 500 Haitians who sought refuge at a church to avoid deportati...

Haitians snubbed again in bid for TPS

HAITI

U.S. denies Haitians protected status

The administration has rejected storm-ravaged Haiti's request to grant undocumented Haitians in the United ...

Guyana says classes threatened by record rains

Guyana says it might postpone the first day of classes at 60 public schools if record rains persist. Educat...

Jamaica's Edward Seaga recovering at hospital in Miami

Former Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga is recovering at a hospital in Miami after developing a cough. ...

Jamaican soldiers to fight gangs in 2 neighborhoods

Jamaica is deploying soldiers to two neighborhoods where gang violence has driven roughly 200 residents fro...

Israel considers expelling Venezuelan envoys

Israel is considering expelling Venezuelan diplomats from Israel in response to the expulsion of Israel's e...

VENEZUELA

Chávez forced to curb spending

Sinking oil prices pose a new challenge to Venezuela's socialist government.

Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador over Gaza

Venezuela ordered Israel's ambassador expelled from the country on Tuesday in protest over the Israeli mili...

Peligra la diplomacia petrolera de Chávez

Unos 5,000 pacientes venezolanos serán atendidos en Cuba en el 2009

Unos 5,000 venezolanos recibirán asistencia médica gratuita en Cuba este año, lo que...

Falling crude prices squeeze Chavez oil diplomacy

Turkey holds suspicious Iran-Venezuela shipment

Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment bound for Venezuela from Iran because it contained lab equipment c...

Colombian coffee growers to sue over US cartoon

Colombian coffee growers are brewing up a lawsuit over a U.S. comic strip joking that violence is so rampan...

Colombia: FARC to name place for hostage release

Colombia's peace commissioner said Tuesday the government is just waiting for FARC guerrillas to name the p...

ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

Turmoil, violence constant in Colombian cocaine hub

Renowned as Colombia's most violent city, Buenaventura is on the front line of Colombia's drug war, a choke...

COLOMBIA

A leader on fighting terrorism

Colombia has as much experience with terrorism as any country in the world. Since 1964, armed groups of bot...

Peru opposition leader says president behind probe

An opposition leader says a police investigation into alleged ties between members of his party and Colombi...

WALL STREET JOURNAL

Colombia rebels wield power inside Venezuela

This sweltering market town on Venezuela's southwestern frontier has its own mayor, council and police forc...

THE AMERICAS

U.S. trade accords face change

Future trade agreements -- including yet-to-be-approved pacts with Colombia, Panama and South Korea -- will...

THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT

U.S. is down, but not out, in Latin America

Judging from the latest headlines, U.S. influence in Latin America has reached its lowest level in recent m...

THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT

U.S. sanctions on Nicaragua seen as `hypocrisy'

The European Union and United States' decisions to suspend foreign aid to Nicaragua because of apparent fra...

THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT

After 50 years, Cuba has little to show

Fifty years after Fidel Castro took power in Cuba, the big question about the Cuban revolution is not wheth...

THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT

In Latin America, subsidies go to the wealthy

Here's an interesting proposal for cash-strapped Latin American countries: Take advantage of the world fina...

THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT

Latin America needs a lesson in branding

Here's some good news for Latin America: A new worldwide survey reveals that Brazil, Argentina and Mexico h...

THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT

Latin Americans are in denial on education system

A new poll shows that, amazingly, Latin Americans are much happier with their countries' public education s...

THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT

Obama's phone calls may reveal world view

If you want to know how President-elect Barack Obama's transition team views the world, here's a highly uns...

EL NACIONAL

Venezuela's moral harm

When Chávez leaves power in 2012, or sooner, this country's already disjointed institutional, judicial, inf...

GUARDIAN

It's time to let Cuba in from the cold

A visit to Havana by a black president ending the US policy of isolation would be as magical as events of 5...

WASHINGTON TIMES

Can Obama soften the Castros' iron fist?

In the Miami-Dade Cuban community in Florida, 65 percent now support the United States restoring diplomatic...

WASHINGTON TIMES

EDITORIAL: Castro's Cuba at 50

Fifty years ago, on Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro and his guerrilla band took over Cuba, a day after its dicta...

LOS ANGELES TIMES

How to end a 'decade of neglect' in U.S.-Latin America relations

Latin America began 2008 riding a commodities boom, and there were expectations that first-world status was...

THE WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL

Venezuela's Hugo Chávez tries again

With an economic crash in sight, Venezuela's strongman calls another referendum on his tenure in office

CHARLESTON GAZETTE

Enough: Stop Hurting Cubans

The U.S. embargo against Cuba does little to dislodge the island's government. Instead, it hurts Cuban fami...

México lanza cruzada contra la goma de mascar

El país que le dio al mundo la goma de mascar está siendo inundado por el producto... literal...

Presidente de Ecuador promoverá empresas con Cuba

El presidente ecuatoriano Rafael Correa arribará el miércoles a Cuba, en donde planea reunirs...

Guatemala: Colom cambia ministro de Gobernación

El presidente guatemalteco Alvaro Colom sustituyó al ministro de Gobernación Francisco Jim&ea...

Brasil: crece pedidos de nacionalidad española

Las sedes diplomáticas españolas en Brasil registraron un fuerte aumento en los pedidos de na...

Critican a presidenta Bachelet disidentes cubanos

El líder disidente cubano Oswaldo Paya criticó el miércoles la decisión de la p...

Paraguay: líder campesino confirma existencia de grupo rebelde

El líder campesino Casildo López confirmó la existencia del grupo rebelde denominado E...

Uruguay espera optimista reapertura de puente internacional

El gobierno reaccionó con optimismo ante un llamado de un funcionario argentino para garantizar la l...