After winning her party’s primary, Josefina Vázquez Mota will represent Mexico’s National Action Party in July’s election. She faces an uphill battle against frontrunner Enrique Peña Nieto, but some observers point out the presidential vote is a long way off and the race could tighten.
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During her three-day tour to the Caribbean, the Brazilian president sought new investments and skirted human rights discussions in Cuba while affirming Brazil’s new visa policy in Haiti.
Hispanic voters gave Mitt Romney a boost in Florida's GOP primary, choosing the ex-governor by over a three-to-one margin compared to his top rival New Gingrich. How did the distinct characteristics of the state's Latino voting bloc play out in the primary race?
Cuba held its first party conference on January 28 and 29 to “update” the country’s ruling Communist Party, but some question if the reforms will go far enough.
The January 21 signing of a narcotics-monitoring pact shows that, while Bolivia’s tense relationship with the United States slowly improves, the Andean country also seeks closer ties with Brazil on drug-enforcement cooperation.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague visited Brazil this week to advance his country’s ties with Latin America after years of what he called “neglect.”
With the Obama administration knocking back the application for the Keystone pipeline from Canada to the United States, Canadian leaders are looking to Asian markets to expand energy exports.