Tag: South America

Obama plans to host Uruguay’s president next month

Obama plans to host Uruguay’s president next month

Washington Examiner · April 14, 2014 8:40 pm

Globovision journalist Nairobi Pinto hugs a colleague as she answers a reporter's question after a press conference following her release from a kidnapping in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 14, 2014. Pinto was freed eight days after she was kidnapped in the town of Cua in Miranda state, but it's not yet clear why she was seized. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Venezuelan journalist freed 8 days after kidnap

Washington Examiner · April 14, 2014 6:44 pm

GlencoreXstrata selling Peruvian mine for $5.85B

GlencoreXstrata selling Peruvian mine for $5.85B

Washington Examiner · April 14, 2014 6:35 am

New quake shakes Nicaragua; nation on alert

New quake shakes Nicaragua; nation on alert

manuel-galeano, alberto-arceluis · April 12, 2014 1:49 am

Construction cranes skirt the Itaquerao stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. The stadium is slated to host the World Cup opener match between Brazil and Croatia on June 12. About 20,000 temporary seats are being installed behind the goals to increase the stadium's capacity to nearly 70,000. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil struggles with its World Cup preparations

Tales Azzoni · April 11, 2014 9:39 am

Nursing home fire kills 10 in Chile

Nursing home fire kills 10 in Chile

Eva Vergara · April 6, 2014 5:47 pm

FILE - In this July 1, 2013 file photo, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff gives a news conference in Brasilia, Brazil. Rousseff's popularity has dipped five percentage points ahead of October's presidential elections, according to a poll published by the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper on Sunday, April 6, 2014. Datafolha attributed the drop in Rousseff's popularity to rising inflation and fears of unemployment and lower purchasing power. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Poll shows Brazil president’s popularity drops

Washington Examiner · April 6, 2014 5:25 pm

Pistorius to finally answer questions on shooting

Pistorius to finally answer questions on shooting

Gerald Imray · April 6, 2014 4:52 pm

Aftershocks rattle Chile as military keeps order

Aftershocks rattle Chile as military keeps order

luis-andres, henaoluis-hidalgo · April 4, 2014 2:56 am

GM to take $400m charge for Venezuelan currency

GM to take $400m charge for Venezuelan currency

Washington Examiner · April 3, 2014 9:56 pm

In this photo taken on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Carabobo's State police officers stand next to graffiti that reads in Spanish "Isabelica in war" during a opposition protest at Isabelica neighborhood outside Valencia , Venezuela. The people of the poor district of La Isabelica were made to pay for taking to the streets in anti-government protests. More than a dozen masked men on motorcycles roared through, shooting up a barricade and killing a university student and a 42-year-old man painting his house. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Armed pro-govt militias roil Venezuela protests

FABIOLA SANCHEZFRANK BAJAK · March 30, 2014 8:55 pm

Brazil police: Worker likely without safety cable

Tales Azzoni · March 30, 2014 5:08 pm