Tag: South America

A pedestrian walks past a mural that reads in Spanish "Imperialism" in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Almost four years after Venezuela enacted a law to bar the U.S. from funding groups frequently critical of the socialist government, millions of the American dollars the administration tried to ban still flow to these organizations, an analysis by The Associated Press shows. Much more U.S. support is under consideration. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

US funds political groups in Venezuela despite ban

Hannah Dreier · July 18, 2014 4:37 pm

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, right, and China's President Xi Jinping watch a ceremony before their meeting at the Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

China, Russia leaders seek South American inroads

Joshua Goodman · July 18, 2014 4:01 am

Homes are flooded by the Cateura garbage dump, top, near the Paraguay River in Asuncion, Paraguay, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Paraguayan officials are warning of a possible environmental disaster because a flooded river is threatening a dump site for toxic residues. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Paraguay’s capital issues alert over floods

Washington Examiner · July 3, 2014 7:14 pm

Nicaraguan on Texas death row loses at high court

Nicaraguan on Texas death row loses at high court

Washington Examiner · June 30, 2014 3:37 pm

Uruguay president blasts FIFA ban as ‘fascist’

Washington Examiner · June 30, 2014 12:49 pm

Obama says US supporting Chilean solar power plant

Energy and Environment

Obama says US supporting Chilean solar power plant

Washington Examiner · June 30, 2014 12:49 pm

Floods force thousands to evacuate in Argentina

Floods force thousands to evacuate in Argentina

Washington Examiner · June 30, 2014 12:09 pm

FILE - In this June 17, 2014 file photo, Argentina's Economy MInister Axel Kicillof talks to the media during a news conference to explain the recent U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Argentina's bond default and discuss how the government plans to proceed, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For over a decade, Argentina avoided paying $1.5 billion it owed to U.S. hedge funds for defaulted bonds. But after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in the case this week, the country must pay up by the end of this month. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia, File)

Argentina’s debt fight: What it is, why it matters

Matthew Craft · June 28, 2014 2:56 pm

A man carries a table through a flooded street in the Tacumbu neighborhood of Asuncion, Paraguay Friday, June 27, 2014. Floods caused by torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 200,000 people living near the Paraguay and Parana rivers. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Floods force evacuation of 200,000 in Paraguay

Washington Examiner · June 27, 2014 6:27 pm

Javier Cusi Aduviri, center, is escorted by Bolivian police officers at the police station in El Alto, Bolivia, Thursday, June 26, 2014. An emotionally disturbed Cusi Aduviri wielding a kitchen knife went on a rampage in the terminal of the La Paz international airport on Thursday, stabbing 11 people, authorities said. Deputy Interior Minister Jorge Perez said the attacker told police he "heard voices" and went on the attack to defend himself. "The man arrived from a village. He is mentally ill and he approached a ticket sales counter and began to attack" passengers who had lined up to board local flights, said Perez. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Man wounds 11 in Bolivia airport knife attack

Carlos Valdez · June 26, 2014 10:48 pm

In this Friday, June 20, 2014, photo, former Miss Gay Nicaragua 2013 Elizabeth Rios, center left wearing the crown, kisses a contestant competing in this year's beauty pageant in Managua, Nicaragua. Contestants paraded down the stage of a hotel auditorium in Managua last week in exuberant traditional dresses, evening gowns embellished with sequin and feathers, and in swimsuits as they competed in the beauty pageant.

AP PHOTOS: Miss Gay Nicaragua to fight homophobia

Washington Examiner · June 26, 2014 1:02 pm

In socialist Venezuela, a threat from the left

Hannah Dreier · June 26, 2014 11:46 am