NICARAGUA - Vendepatriaphobia: The Sandinista Fear of Selling out Nicaragua

COSTA RICA - Police Stations In The Northern Zone Closed Due To Poor Sanitary Conditions

COSTA RICA - Costa Ricans To March Against Gold Mine Exploitation

VENEZUELA - Venezuelan prosecutors probe Amazon Indian deaths

VENEZUELA - Top Venezuelan Boxer Accused Of Killing Wife Hangs Himself In Jail

COLOMBIA - Colombia blasts Venezuela's detention of fishermen

COLOMBIA - Despite billions in US aid, Colombia struggles to reduce poverty

ECUADOR - Ecuador's Fin Min Viteri Has Tendered Resignation -Source

ECUADOR - Ecuador's Correa Threatens Seizures to Accelerate Oil Talks

PERU - OVER 20000 TOURISTS HAVE VISITED PERU'S MACHU PICCHU SINCE REOPENING

PERU - Police have orders to remove road blockade in southern Peru

PERU - KT & Romero to develop broadband projects in Peru

PERU - Peru Shining Path leader Guzman in hunger strike threat

PERU - Peru town copes with being devoured by mine

PARAGUAY - A death in Paraguay buries dictatorship's secrets

URUGUAY - Uraguay's new airport

CHILE - Chile Presses Cuba Over Death of an Executive

CHILE - Chile to raise taxes, issue debt for quake rebuild

BOLIVIA - Bolivia circus ban puts countless animals in limbo

BOLIVIA - Bolivian villagers want compensation as glaciers melt

BOLIVIA - Sumitomo Says Protestors Block Shipments From Bolivia Zinc Mine

ARGENTINA - Birdair tapped for S. American stadium

ARGENTINA -  'Sea' makes splash at Buenos Aires fest

ARGENTINA -  China delays soy shipments from Argentina

LATIN AMERICA  -  The Dangers of Buying Medicines Overseas

LATIN AMERICA - Luis Miguel: Latin America's Last Superstar

VENEZUELA - China, Venezula in S$50 billion energy deals

LATIN AMERICA - Halliburton Burnt In Latin America

BRAZIL - Serra Barely Ahead of Rousseff in Brazil

COLOMBIA - Mockus Catapults to Second Place in Colombia

HONDURAS - Sixth journalist killed since start of year, robbery ruled out

CUBA - Journalist’s release leaves 24 others waiting to be freed

MEXICO, US - Migrants Risk Everything in Arizona Desert Crossing

VENEZUELA - Yanomami Put Body Painting Down on Paper

PARAGUAY -  Bamboo Against Deforestation

BOLIVIA - Voice of Civil Society Loud and Clear in Cochabamba

ARGENTINA - Argentina Appoints Bank Chief

CHILE - Chile's post-quake political unity showing cracks

ARGENTINA - Relatives of Franco's victims file lawsuit in Argentina

ARGENTINA - Medvedev stakes new ground

ECUADOR - "BEGGING AS A PATH TO PROGRESS" Interview with author Dr. Kate Swanson

PERU - Korean Wave Reaches Peru

PERU - Using Chocolate to Defeat Cocaine in Peru

PERU - US returns treasures to Peru

PERU - Peru miners lift roadblock for talks after clashes

CHILE - Chile gives US weapon-type uranium

CHILE - Chilean fisherman offering tsunami-area boat tours

BRAZIL - US, Brazil settle tariff dispute

BRAZIL - US, Brazil to sign defense cooperation accord

BRAZIL - Fresh mudslide raises death toll in Brazil

PERU -  Peru Miner Protests Halted as Government Reviews Law

BOLIVIA - In view of Russian-Bolivian cooperation agreement

BOLIVIA - Movement Towards Socialism Makes Gains in Bolivian Regional Elections ...

ARGENTINA - ANALYSIS-China-Argentina soyoil spat about stocks, crushers

ARGENTINA - Ford Announces New Investment in Argentina for New Product, Plant Improvements ...

ARGENTINA - US judge seizes $105 million in Argentine funds

COLOMBIA - Improve your Spanish: Take a Cartagena taxi

COLOMBIA - Santos admits meeting FARC leader Raul Reyes

COLOMBIA - Army chief: We must stop FARC kidnappings

ECUADOR - Ecuador issues ID to 27000 refugees in remote northern areas of the country

PERU - Peru: Investigate Killings in Chala | Humanitarian News

LATIN AMERICA - LATIN AMERICA-EU: Labour Pains

LATIN AMERICA - Controversial 'Man Jesus Christ' Pulls in Followers

LATIN AMERICA - Poor, Overweight and Malnourished

PERU - Oil Pipeline and Uncontacted Tribes

GUATEMALA, EL SALVADOR - Cross Border Opposition to Mine

CUBA -  CUBA: Castro Confronts US, EU

CUBA - Skilful Surfing by Digital Culture Project

ECUADOR - Bus Accident in Ecuador Leaves 1 Dead, 20 Injured

COLOMBIA - Uribe pledges freedom for FARC hostages, as Guevara's family mourns

ECUADOR - Did lawyers suing Chevron in Ecuador case file fraudulent reports?

VENEZUELA - Russian Arms Sales to Venezuela Could Total $5 Billion

COLOMBIA - Colombia rebukes European human rights court ruling on Klein

VENEZUELA - Venezuela To Amp Up Oil Output

ECUADOR - Plaintiffs’ Expert Reveals Fraud by Lawyers in Ecuador Lawsuit

BRAZIL - Brazilians Just Enamoured with Lula

COLOMBIA - Santos is Strongest Candidate in Colombia

PERU - Three Miners Die in Southeastern Peru

PERU - Government Says Civilian Killed in Clashes in Peru

ECUADOR - Chevron Suit Data Questioned

URUGUAY - Uruguayans Expect Good Mujica Government

PERU - Parque Arauco, G&M to build US$ 65 million five star hotel in Larcomar

PERU - Peru likely to sign economic agreement with Arab Gulf nations

PERU -  Peru Congress pays posthumous tribute to singer Jesus Vasquez

COLOMBIA - 57 FARC guerrillas captured over Easter week

COLOMBIA - Defense Ministry denies taking bribe from German firm

COLOMBIA - 'Colombian army implicated in 2,300 civilian murders'

BOLIVIA - Bolivian President Praises Massive Participation In Regional Elections 

VENEZUELA - Venezuela-Russia Strategic Alliance for Multilateralism

CHILE - Chilean Winter Threatens Hospital Situation

HONDURAS - Plan to Evict Honduran Farmers Denounced

CENTRAL AMERICA - Over 290 Killed During Semana Santa In Central America

NICARAGUA - The Ortega Threat - ARMS BUILDUP

COSTA RICA - Transition To Rainy Season In Costa Rica Has Begun

COSTA RICA - Costa Rica With No Internet For Almost Two Hours On Sunday

COSTA RICA - Semana Santa 2010 Fatalities Drop

COSTA RICA - Costa Rica Aims To Be Among Top Of Destinations For Medical Tourism

BRAZIL - Brazil auto sales up 30 pct on yr in March-dealers

BRAZIL - Brazil: Land Activist Is Fatally Shot

GUATEMALA - Disappeared but Not Forgotten: A Guatemalan Community Achieves a Landmark Verdict

ECUADOR - Ecuador: Correa Accepts Resignation Of Minister Diego Borja

PERU - Peru to seek bids for first private prison

BELIZE, GUATEMALA - Belize Ambassador Responds to Guatemala's Commission on Belize

PERU - First Luxury Hotel Opens in Peru's Sacred Valley - Carry On ...

PERU - Latin American Poker Tour coming to Lima, Peru

ARGENTINA - Memory in Latin America: Argentina News

PERU - political risks to watch in Peru

MEXICO - Key political risks to watch in Mexico

PERU - Peruvian foreign minister visits Arab world to strengthen relations

BRAZIL - 10 Brazilian Ministers Step Down To Run For General Elections

VENEZUELA - Bolivian President To Meet Chavez, Putin In Venezuela

COLOMBIA - Colombia Church For Government-Guerrilla Talk

PANAMA - Panama Customs Reports Windfall Revenues in 2010

PANAMA - Panamanian Authorities to Activate Naval Air Station

COSTA RICA  - 5.2 Quake Shakes Costa Rica

COSTA RICA - Highways To The Pacific Beaches Totally Collapsed On Thursday

ARGENTINA - Witnesses in Danger

LATIN AMERICA - Native Peoples Reject Market Mechanisms

PERU - Generals on Trial for Murders of 37 Students

MEXICO - Mexico: Killed girl found under the mattress of her bed

LATIN AMERICA, US - Eritrean man pleads guilty to alien smuggling

ARGENTINA - Homemade Portraits of Life Behind Bars

ARGENTINA - Argentina had help from the Soviet Union during the Falklands's War

MEXICO - Mexican Soldiers Turn Fight Against Drug Gangs Over to Federal Police

BRAZIL - Furniture Makers from Brazilian Amazon Can't Avoid Ecological Concern Anymore

ECUADOR - Ecuador says rejects Chevron arbitration decision

MEXICO - Two more suspects arrested in slaying of 15 in Mexico

PERU - Peru Reopens Machu Picchu After 2 Month Closure

ARGENTINA - Argentina's 'punk rock' penguins protected

ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, PERU - Top US State Department Official to Travel to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru

ECUADOR - Immigration Scandal Hits Ecuador

PARAGUAY - Dengue Worries Paraguay

VENEZUELA -  Venezuela, Russia To Sign Cooperation Agreements

PANAMA - Panamanians Praise Disability Sports in Cuba

COSTA RICA - Costa Rica to Increase Banana Production For 2010

COSTA RICA - New Social Welfare Agency To Assist Poor Families In Costa Rica

COSTA RICA - Priest Accused Of Abuse In The U.S. Lives In Costa Rica

BOLIVIA - Sunday’s Bolivian Regional Election Primer: MAS Solidifies its Ruling Status as the Political Opposition Falters

ARGENTINA - Supermodel-turned-narco-trafficker 'spotted' in Buenos Aires

COLOMBIA - Avatar: The daily struggle of Colombia's indigenous communities

COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA - Venezuela tight lipped on alleged Colombian spies

COLOMBIA - FARC Calls for Prisoner Swap After Releasing Moncayo

CUBA - What About the Changes?"

HONDURAS - Deadliest Month Ever for Reporters

BRAZIL -  Seeking Funds to Fight Neglected Diseases

PERU - The Tangled Paths of New Forest Law

LATIN AMERICA - Odeen Ishmael: UNASUR Health Council promotes training and research

ARGENTINA - Argentina Ports Official Confirms Deal To End Wage Strike

MEXICO - Juárez Gang Implicated in Slayings of Three Tied to U.S. Consulate

MEXICO - Body of Missing 4 Year Old, Paulette Gebara Farah in Mexico City Found

ECUADOR - Ecuador to Sign $500 Million Accord With Sinopec, Minister Says

ECUADOR - Ecuador rejects Hague ruling

MEXICO, US - Mexicans look to Texas for better opportunities

ECUADOR - Argentina stands firm on Falklands row

ECUADOR - Killer of conservationist Ben Samphire 'is hiding in Ecuador'

LATIN AMERICA - Man admits to role in African human smuggling ring

MEXICO, US - Robert Krentz killing stokes fears of rampant illegal immigration

ARGENTINA - Court backs Argentina government's debt plan

ECUADOR - Ecuador chooses ISDB digital TV standard

PERU - Peru Congress passes law banning smoking in public places

PERU - Inca Exhibition in Seoul a success

PERU - Peru launches digital television broadcast

NICARAGUA - U.S.-Nicaraguan Ties Flare up in León

BOLIVIA -  Morales: Wealth is Now Distributed in Bolivia

VENEZUELA - Putin To Visit Venezuela

COLOMBIA - Colombian President Celebrates Return Of Long-Time FARC Abductee

PANAMA -  Mining Projects Concern Ecologists

COSTA RICA - Thieving Maid Caught On Hidden Camera

COSTA RICA -  Fire Every 22 Minutes During Semana Santa

COSTA RICA - Convention Centre A High Priority For Costa Rica's Next Tourism Minister

PANAMA - Analysis: Martinelli’s Panama: Tilt or Tide… to the Right?

PANAMA -  Paul Roger Nunes - US Citizen - Murdered In His House in Dolega, Panama

LATIN AMERICA, US - Disturbing new U.S. law aims to end individual foreign bank accounts

COLOMBIA - Colombia leads Lat Am in 'internet governance'

COLOMBIA - Medellin gang wars spark more violence

VENEZUELA - The worst drought in Caracas in 118 years

VENEZUELA - NGO rejects as "inhuman and cruel" situation facing Judge Afiuni in jail

VENEZUELA - ETA leader arrested in Caracas international airport

PERU - Peru criticizes new Latin American bloc

BRAZIL - Child-Murder Trial Ends In Conviction

BOLIVIA - Bolivian Government Releases IICD-supported CD-ROMs on Indigenous Culture

BOLIVIA - Bolivia First Nation To Ban All Circus Animals

VENEZUELA, ECUADOR - Venezuela and Ecuador Create Joint Mining, Fishing, Cacao, Auto Lubricant Companies

PERU - Pre-Inca artefacts seized in Peru

MEXICO, US - Lawmakers Demand Administration Deploy National Guard, Border Patrol After Killing

ECUADOR - British conservationist shot dead in Ecuador in 'motiveless attack'

MEXICO - Mexican government must answer case on protection contracts

MEXICO, US - Shell Shock: U.S. State Department bans shrimp imports from Mexico to protect endangered turtles

PARAGUAY - The Land Lugo Promised: Paraguayan Farmers Mobilize for Agrarian Reform

GUATEMALA - US doctor convicted of sex abuse in Guatemala

VENEZUELA - Cardinal accuses Hugo Chavez of persecuting foes

VENEZUELA - Twitter's heady rise has Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in spin (Reuters)

CHILE - Immigration To Chile Increasing: Women, Peruvians Take Top Spot

BOLIVIA - Bolivian Politician Seeks Refuge in Chile?

VENEZUELA - Venezuela Increases Food Reserves

EL SALVADOR - Salvadorans Nix Media Campaign against Cuba

NICARAGUA - Nicaragua Affirms Solidarity with Cuba

NICARAGUA - Nicaraguan Bishops Urge Faithful To Defend Life

HONDURAS - Journalist Political Murders In Honduras

COSTA RICA - Temperature To Soar to 39 C This Week

COSTA RICA -  70.000 Still Waiting For A Home Phone In Costa Rica

COSTA RICA - OIJ Director Criticizes Investigative Role Of  Immigration Police

MEXICO, US - Illegal Immigrant Suspected in Murder of Arizona Rancher

COLOMBIA - Santos Leads Colombian Presidential Race

CHILE - CHILE: A Newspaper Of and For 'the Voiceless'

PERU - RIGHTS-PERU: Alleged Letter-Bomb Killer Faces Justice

COLOMBIA - POLITICS-COLOMBIA: Not Enough Just to Be a Woman

VENEZUELA - New Frogs Appear; Their Discoverers Disappear

MEXICO, US - In Texas, fear follows Mexicans who flee drug war

MEXICO - Arms Trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico Border

MEXICO - Mexico detains suspect in killings of 2 Americans

COLOMBIA -  'Beauty queen-turned-narco trafficker' speaks out

COLOMBIA - Reinforced security in Bogota during Holy Week

COLOMBIA - Freed FARC hostage was shot five times

COLOMBIA - Liberal leaders lured with promise of government positions

CUBA -  Cuba Travel Bill to Get More Than 60 Senate Votes, Dorgan Says

CUBA - Journalist on hunger strike in Cuba refuses Spain's offer of treatment

CHILE - Chileans Seek Constitutional Accusation Against Navy Chief For Botched Tsunami Alert

COLOMBIA - Colombian President Ready To Accept Humanitarian Agreement With Rebels

HONDURAS - Honduras: The risks of Practicing Journalism

PANAMA - Grandson Pleads Panama's Manuel Noriega's Case

COSTA RICA - This Week There Are Two Legal Holiday Days, Thursday and Friday

COSTA RICA - No Alcohol During Holy Days

COSTA RICA - Ticos Travelling Abroad More Than Ever

ECUADOR - Ecuador's land dispute solved by former president

BOLIVIA, ARGENTINA - Bolivia and Argentina sign revised natural gas deal

MEXICO - US Dollars Alone will not end the Drug War in Mexico

ECUADOR - Ecuador Tries To Cut Cuban Immigrants

ARGENTINA - Strike at key Argentine grain ports extends

FALKLAND ISLANDS - Falklands oil disappointment for UK company

ECUADOR - A Columnist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison in Ecuador

PERU -  Workers At Peru Iron Mine Shougang Start Strike - Union

LATIN AMERICA - DEVELOPMENT: Mega-Inequality in Urban Mega-Regions

CENTRAL AMERICA - CENTRAL AMERICA: Ousted President or Coup Leader to Regional Parliament?

MEXICO - HUMAN RIGHTS: UN Complains of Scant Progress by Mexico

BRAZIL -  Three-in-Four Brazilians Happy with Lula

COLOMBIA - Santos Leads Colombian Presidential Race

PARAGUAY - Stevia herb shakes up global sweetener market

BOLIVIA - Woman Suffering from Swine Flu Dies in Bolivia

BOLIVIA - 'Blackmailing' Bolivian sugar factories may be nationalised

BOLIVIA - Bolivia won't provide gas to the Argentine market until august

BRAZIL - Tereos to list new combined group in Brazil

CHINA - China miner to buy Brazil's Itaminas iron ore mine

BRAZIL - China expected to make significant investments in Brazil in 2010

BRAZIL - GM will upgrade 2 plants in Brazil

BRAZIL - Penguins lost in tropical Brazil

BRAZIL - Picking Up INTERNET Speed

BRAZIL - Brazil to spend R$1000bn on infrastructure

ARGENTINA - Riddle of the dead whales

ARGENTINA - Azerbaijan demands to return Falkland Islands to Argentina

ARGENTINA - Answers trickle through for progeny of Argentina's 'disappeared'

FALKLAND ISLANDS - Desire Slumps After Falklands Oil Well Finds 'Poor' Reservoir

LATIN AMERICA - Havana Film Festival New York celebrates 11 Years of Latin American Cinema

LATIN AMERICA - Mexico's Fuentes criticizes ban of his novel in PR

LATIN AMERICA - Growth in Latin America Slowed by Low Productivity, IDB Says

LATIN AMERICA - IATA asks Latin American governments to co-operate

HONDURAS - Central American Parliament wonders who's the legitimate president of Honduras?

COLOMBIA - Colombian Rebels Free First Hostage in a Year as Election Looms

LATIN AMERICA - Sony sells large stake in HBO Latin America

ANDES - THE GUINEA PIG - HEALING, FOOD, AND RITUAL IN THE ANDES - RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR EDMUNDO MORALES

COLOMBIA - Schoolboy detonates suicide bomb

ARGENTINA - Argentina Running Out Of Options In Falklands Oil Fight

PERU - Peru faces urban housing crisis

MEXICO - US is No Help to Mexico in Combating Drug Mafias: La Jornada, Mexico

ECUADOR - Ecuador Journalist Given 3 Years For Criticizing Government

VENEZUELA - Chavez criticizes US as arrests stir concern

ECUADOR, PERU - TAME, Aerogal from Ecuador interested in starting overseas flights to Peru

ARGENTINA - China, Argentina to work closely on world affairs

GUATEMALA, US - HERNANDEZ v. HOLDER

ARGENTINA - Argentina and Britain: still at war

PERU - FACTBOX-Peru's Buenaventura miners threaten new strike

PERU - Guns N' Roses rocked 30000 fans in Peru, after making them wait 3 hours

MEXICO - Drugs, violence wear down order in Mexico

COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Permanent Representative to the OAS