With Colombia's Supreme Court clearing the way for the extradition of alleged drug kingpin Walid Makled, the Santos government faces a difficult choice between sending him to the United States or Venezuela. Makled indicated he has evidence linking top Venezuelan officials drug trafficking.
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A “no confidence” vote set the wheels in motion for Canada’s fourth general election in seven years. The May 2 vote will determine whether Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party continues to run a minority government.
Three months into her administration, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is steering an independent course at the United Nations, while maintaining her predecessor’s guiding principles.
As Peru’s election day draws near, a series of new polls show that it’s still anyone’s race.
In his first trip to Central and South America, U.S. President Barack Obama hoped to set a new tone in U.S.-Latin American ties.
El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes played host to his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama during the last leg of the American leader's Latin American tour. The two presidents spoke about how to create domestic potential to help young Salvadorans avoid migration and organized crime.
Fifty years after after John F. Kennedy unveiled the “Alliance for Progress,” U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a speech in Santiago stressing regional cooperation and announcing new innovation and education initiatives.