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Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday it is investing $5.8 billion in Brazil in the next five years, a steep increase from its current investment in Latin America's biggest economy.
In a Nov. 9 story about native tongues at risk in Latin America, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the total number of indigenous languages spoken in the region. There are 420 languages, not 557, which is the number of distinct ethnic communities in the region, according to the "Socio-Linguistic Atlas of Latin America's Indigenous Peoples" being published by UNICEF this month.
The Associated Press on Wednesday announced changes in its Latin America and Caribbean operations, closing a service limited to Puerto Rican news within Puerto Rico while adding editors and reporters elsewhere for the expanding Spanish market in the Americas.
Brazil's president suggested Friday that bad weather may not have caused a massive blackout that left nearly a third of the population without electricity, saying he'll wait for an investigation to conclude how the outage happened.
Populist leaders around Latin America are increasingly making legal and political moves to silence their media critics, the president of the Inter American Press Association said Friday.
Is Argentina ready to become Latin America's first nation to legalize gay marriage?
President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called new arms and energy deals between Russia and Ecuador just a beginning as Moscow strives to deepen ties in Latin America.
A Honduran lawmaker says congressional leaders will seek the opinions of several government entities before convoking the full legislature to vote on reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
America Movil SA, Latin America's largest phone service provider, reported a 50.6 percent increase in third quarter profits Monday, citing "incipient economic recovery" in several South American countries.
A blunt-talking former guerrilla fell just short of a first-round victory in Uruguay's presidential election, according to results Monday, and his conservative opponents have united in hopes of leaping past him in a Nov. 29 runoff.
Mexican rock bands and reggaeton artists were big winners at Los Premios TV in Los Angeles, where the political leanings of the host, Calle 13's Residente, also had some time in the spotlight Thursday.
As Rio awoke from a night of celebration after being awarded the 2016 Olympics, Brazil was already looking ahead to years of hard work in what will be a historic time in Latin America's biggest nation.
Brazil will prohibit sugarcane-ethanol plantations in the Amazon and other ecologically sensitive areas of Latin America's largest nation under a plan unveiled Thursday by the administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
A U.S. official said Monday that Venezuelan arms acquisitions could spark an arms race in Latin America and he also expressed misgivings about the country's possible nuclear ambitions.
Thousands of opponents of Hugo Chavez marched against the Venezuelan president across Latin America on Friday, accusing him of everything from authoritarianism to international meddling.
Before 1965, Leticia Hermosa had little chance of crossing the Pacific to the U.S. from the Philippines. Hermosa, a nurse, and others like her just couldn't get through the strict U.S. immigration quota system, which favored Western Europeans and essentially excluded those from Asia and Latin America.
The 2009 Miss Universe says her title fulfills a lifelong dream — and an improbable one for a girl who finished last in one of her first beauty pageants.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Tuesday to reassure Latin America that a pending agreement to give U.S. forces greater access to Colombian military facilities will not create permanent U.S. bases. The planned expanded American military presence in Colombia has worried both U.S.-friendly nations in the region and members of President Barack Obama's own political party.
Katherine Corcoran, an editor at the Latin America Desk of The Associated Press and a former teacher and innovator in community journalism, has been promoted to the new position of enterprise editor for Latin America and the Caribbean.
President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela's ties with nations like Russia and China have gained importance as the U.S. moves to expand its military presence in Latin America.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon says he supports the idea of a free trade agreement between Brazil and Mexico, the two biggest economies in Latin America.
DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV operator, on Thursday reported an 11 percent drop in second-quarter profit as higher customer-acquisition costs offset revenue growth.
The coup in Honduras has shown the limits to Hugo Chavez's power in the region, as Latin America looks to Washington to resolve the ordeal.
Michael Warren, deputy Latin America editor of The Associated Press, has been named to a new position overseeing AP operations in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay — the Southern Cone region of South America.
Israel's foreign minister met with Brazil's president Wednesday and asked Latin America's biggest nation to use its influence to help halt Iran's nuclear program.
Chávez's Venezuela: Rationing Both Water & Power In a country that has claimed the world's biggest oil reserves and is home to its fourth-mightiest river, the Orinoco, has recently been forced to ration both water and electricity.
US Strategic Interests in Latin America: The Militarization of ColombiaWhat is being witnessed in Colombia reflects what Marx (and Engels) alluded to when concerning the activities of ruling powers under ingrained capitalist conditions.
Washington pushes through deal with Honduran coup regimeConditions of life for the Honduran population, which is the poorest in the Americas after Haiti, have worsened dramatically.
LatAm leftists tackle dollar with new currencyFri Oct 16, 11:14 pm ET COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (AFP) – Leftist Latin American leaders agreed here on the creation of a regional currency, the Sucre, aimed at scaling back the use of the US dollar.
UK's John Pilger: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Obama planning new war in Latin America The Nobel Peace Prize-winner's latest war is largely secret. On 15 July, Washington finalised a deal with Colombia that gives the US seven giant military bases. "to make Colombia a regional hub for Pentagon operations".
Amidst Severely Battered Economy, Cuba Reverts To "Socialism Lite" "Nobody, no individual nor country, can indefinitely spend more than she or he earns. Two plus two always adds up to four, never five. Within the conditions of our imperfect socialism, due to our own shortcomings, two plus two often adds up to three" Raúl Castro
Indigenous People Across Latin America Protest Spanish 'Genocide'GUATEMALA CITY - Tens of thousands of indigenous people took to the streets across Latin America on Monday to protest the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's 1492 discovery of the Americas. Columbus Day is celebrated as the Day of Hispanic Heritage in Latin America, but protes …
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.comGlenn Greenwald gives his critical view on Obama winning Nobel Peace Prize. Personally I have mixed feelings. Warning: Some brutal pictures
A Carnival version of the Games - and about time, too!Two articles: A Carnival version of the Games – and about time too
Venezuela Recognizes Pro-Russian Breakaway Provinces of Georgia | theTrumpet.com by the Philadelphia Church of GodAn emboldened Russia has been fomenting anti-Americanism throughout the Latin American region for several years now.
Bam vs. Democracy by Ralph PetersA hug for Chavez and Castro Peters wrote, "Obama's State Department waited until the cusp of Labor Day weekend before publicly backing Latin America's dictators in their assault on democracy. "
The war on drugs has failed. Now we need a more humane strategyIt is time to admit the obvious. The "war on drugs" has failed, at least in the way it has been waged so far. In Latin America, the "unintended" consequences have been disastrous. Thousands of people have lost their lives in drug-associated violence.
Former president of Brazil says hardline war on drugs 'has failed'The war on drugs has failed and should make way for a global shift towards decriminalising cannabis use and promoting harm reduction, says the former president of Brazil, writing today in the Observer.
Playing the 'Anti-Semitism' Card Against Venezuela...[H]yperbolic media coverage exemplifies the tendency of the U.S. press to portray left-leaning Latin American governments as hotbeds of anti-Semitism.
The war on drugs is immoral idiocy. We need the courage of Argentina America spends a reported $70bn a year on suppressing drug imports, and untold billions on prosecuting its own citizens for drugs offences.
Mexico: Dozen Armed Men Line Up Recovering Drug Addicts and Alcoholics In Rehab Clinic And Opened Fire at Point-Blank Range, Killing 17.As many as a dozen men armed with automatic weapons stormed into a drug rehab center in Ciudad Juarez Wednesday night, lined up the recovering drug addicts and alcoholics against a wall and opened fire at point-blank range, killing 17 people.
Venezuela's education "reforms": Hugo Chavez seeks to catch them young | The EconomistTeaching is to be rooted in "Bolivarian doctrine", a reference to Mr Chávez's ill-defined Bolivarian revolution—supposedly inspired by Simón Bolívar, a leader of Latin America's 19th-century independence struggle.
Venezuelan "Peace Bases" to Counter U.S. Military Buildup in Colombia with Binational ReconciliationIn a movement to counter the expansion of the United States military presence on Colombian bases, Colombian and Venezuelan civil society organizations and government officials are collaborating to organize spaces of binational reconciliation called "peace bases."
Families bury dead from military massacre in Peru - Yahoo! NewsPUTIS, Peru – Victims of the worst military massacre during Peru's war with Maoist rebels were laid to rest Saturday, a quarter century after the slaughter in this remote Andean village. The burials culminated a two-day funeral procession through the southeastern state of Ayac …
For immigrants, Kennedy remained tireless advocateBefore 1965, Leticia Hermosa had little chance of crossing the Pacific to the U.S. from the Philippines. Hermosa, a nurse, and others like her just couldn't get through the strict U.S.
Drug tourism and cocaine bars | Gadling.comhat fun is travel without a little excitement? Rest and relaxation is a given, but excitement? That you have to look for, and it appears excitement for many is found in drugs.
Mexican President takes a pay cut MEXICAN President Felipe Calderon on Friday signed a decree to cut his own pay and that of top government officials by 10 percent.
Latin American geopolitics: The dragon in the backyardLatin America is tilting towards China, Iran and the global "south"—and away from the United States
Honduras: Military Coup Engineered By Two US CompaniesHonduras...more U.S. interference? How does that question go? Why do they hate us?
The Conservative Counter-Attack in Latin America I would submit that events in Honduras are not isolated, but rather part of a conservative counterattack taking shape in Latin America.
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