SOUTH AMERICA - OPEC, South America to Expand Cooperation

EL SALVADOR - U.S. to establish weapons control office in El Salvador

PANAMA - Panama Police Controls Protest-Hit Areas

COSTA RICA - One More Week Without Ferry In Paquera

COSTA RICA - Costa Rica Woke Up To Cheaper Gasoline Prices This Morning

COSTA RICA - Exchange Rate To Move To "Floating Rate", Said President-Elect Chinchilla

ECUADOR - GALAPAGOS - SAILBOAT RUNS AGROUND

ARGENTINA - Two Worlds of Argentine Wines

URUGUAY, PARAGUAY - Brazil readies free trade agreement with Palestine

CHILE - Salmon sector recovery not until 2011: top exec

CHILE - Moderate aftershock hits central Chile

COLOMBIA - Colombian Supreme Court rejects extradition of Don Mario

COLOMBIA - Former Colombian Army Officer Gets 20 Years for 8 Killings

COLOMBIA - Hackers attacked Colombian vote count

COLOMBIA - Brazil MPX Plans To Invest $1.9 Billion In Colombia

BRAZIL - Brazil: Foreigners may get bigger airlines stake

BRAZIL - Brazil helicopters set for Colombia hostage handover

BRAZIL - Brazil police to question football star Adriano

BRAZIL - Brazil details retaliation on US copyright, patents

BRAZIL - Brazil to Extend Subsidies for Poor Homebuyers, Minister Says

BRAZIL - Rio de Janeiro Is in Fight Over Brazil's Oil Riches

ARGENTINA -  Argentina's ultimatum to big firms regarding the Falklands

ARGENTINA - Buenos Aires' famed Teatro Colon to reopen May 24

ARGENTINA - Argentina, Bolivia To Update Gas-Export Contract Next Week

LATIN AMERICA -  NGOs Demand Transparency, Reforms in IDB

ARGENTINA - Argentine Senate fails to vote on cenbank chief

MEXICO - Mexico Dismantles Police Department over Crime Allegations

GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Judges Denounce Death Threats to Kin

ECUADOR - Ecuador's Social Security Institute Funds Oil Project

ECUADOR - Ecuador Suspends China Talks For Hydrolectric Plant Financing

GUATEMALA - Guatemala to extradite ex-leader

MEXICO - Calderon drug war support wavering

ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA -  Argentina, Bolivia To Update Gas-Export Contract Next Week

COLOMBIA, ECUADOR - Colombia and Ecuador to standardize radars on their border

COLOMBIA - FARC missile purchase raises concerns

ECUADOR - LAN ECUADOR TO BEGIN FLIGHTS TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  

ECUADOR - Ecuador Central Bank:5 Banks Seen Repatriating $651M By May 31

MEXICO, US -  Napolitano scraps virtual fence

CHILE - Chile’s Schools Employ Anti-Bullying Programs

CHILE - Mapuches Aggrieved By Lack of Help After Quake In Chile

CHILE - Five Foreigners Lost At Sea After Chile’s Tsunami

CUBA - U.S. cruise lines say return to Cuba would take time

HAITI - Parents take back kids they gave to missionaries

BRAZIL -  The Dark Side of Brazil’s Olympic Dreams: The 2016 Olympic Host Battles Poverty, Violent Crime, and Police Brutality

CUBA, US - Cuba-U.S. Rhetoric Timeline: Hope for a Basic Shift in Policy Disintegrates into Continued Polarization

GUATEMALA - Guatemala City Signals a New Sense of Justice

ARGENTINA -  Playdom Invests $5 Million in Argentina's MetroGames

MEXICO - US staff shootings in Mexico may have been mistaken identity

ARGENTINA - Argentine scientists research bio-diesel production from micro-algae

ANTARCTICA - “Shrimp surprise” for NASA 200 metres below Antarctica

ARGENTINA - Kirchner administration is “made out of words and scandals” like a soap opera

MEXICO - Calderon calls for shared responsibility with US over drug gangs

URUGUAY - The Sinking of “Admiral Graf Spee”

URUGUAY - Government and Culture: Law on Patronage and Film Law

URUGUAY - Mujica: "The Armed Forces of Today Should not Load any Baggage of The Past"

URUGUAY - Growing Interest by Brokers to Settle in Uruguay

VENEZUELA - Belarusian President offers Chávez a defense system

VENEZUELA - Chávez: Late FARC leader visited presidential residence

VENEZUELA - Spain does not consider Venezuela a "haven of ETA members"

VENEZUELA - National Assembly creates committee to investigate Internet misuse

ECUADOR - Ecuador: The Yasuni-ITT Initiative

ECUADOR - Thirst for soup threat to sharks' survival

AMAZON - Petrodollars threatening Amazon

LATIN AMERICA - Women still facing high risk of HIV/AID

COSTA RICA - Leatherback nesting ground at risk

BOLIVIA - Bolivia jailer fired over favours

HAITI - Haiti 'needs $11.5bn' to rebuild

MEXICO - Mexico renews call for US drugs help

LATIN AMERICA - WAU Movil CEO, Jorge Partidas, to Share Expertise on Mobile Marketing in Latin America at International CTIA...

PERU - Peru’s President: Talara to become most modern refinery of the Pacific

LATIN AMERICA - Latin American Countries Seek To Eradicate Hunger, Poverty

COLOMBIA - Major Guerrilla Leader Captured In Colombia

HONDURAS - Fire Destroys 1,500 Hectares Of Forest In Honduras

PANAMA - Panama Approves Tax Bill To Boost Revenue, Cut Deficit

COSTA RICA - Central Bank President Will Not Form Part Of  New Government

COSTA RICA - Drunk Driver Forgiven By Widow Of Victim

COSTA RICA - Traffic Law Reforms Stuck In Congress; Only 125 of 6.924 Fines Paid

COSTA RICA - Time To Adopt Dollarization In Costa Rica?

GUATEMALA - In Memory of Our Martyrs and Bloodshed in Comalapa

HONDURAS - Poll Proposed by Resistance Challenges Regime

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Student Protests in Dominican Republic Shut Down Universities

MEXICO - PRI Boasts Commanding Lead in Mexico

PERU - García Edges Closer to 30% Mark in Peru

COLOMBIA - Vote-Buying and Front Men

LATIN AMERICA - ENERGY-LATIN AMERICA: Moving Towards Renewables

MEXICO - Mexico's suffering shows that prohibition is far deadlier than drugs

MEXICO - Mexico's suffering shows that prohibition is far deadlier than drugs

ECUADOR - ECUADOR STUDENTS TARGETED FOR THEFT AND ASSAULTS

ECUADOR - UV ALERT FOR ECUADOR -

COLOMBIA - Saving Colombia, One Building at a Time

VENEZUELA - In Venezuela, public transport is a gondola to a barrio

VENEZUELA - Shell says most oil companies shunning Venezuela

GUATEMALA - In Memory of Our Martyrs and Bloodshed in Comalapa

MEXICO - Mexican deaths derail 'cultural' visits

COLOMBIA - Farc tries to disrupt Colombia poll 

MEXICO - Couple slain in Mexico shooting had baby on the way

VENEZUELA - Top judge accuses the IACHR of discrediting the Judiciary

VENEZUELA - Public spending loses strength to boost Venezuelan economy

COLOMBIA - The FARC finds alleged Bolivar's sword - VIDEO WITH SUBTITLES

VENEZUELA, PERU - Peru regrets poor aid of Venezuela in counternarcotics efforts

VENEZUELA - Guri dam at 12 meters from critical level

CHILE - Chile to revise 2010 budget for quake rebuilding

HONDURAS - IADB agrees to resume lending to Honduras

ECUADOR - Gustavo Coronel : Chevron in Ecuador: recent twists and turns

ARGENTINA - Forecast - Argentina will have 55.8 Million Mobile Subscribers in 2014

PERU -  Peru's El Brocal resumes production after strike

MEXICO - Killing of Americans pressures Mexico in drug war

CHILE - Half of All Chilean Glaucoma Patients Don’t Know They Have It

CHILE - Pinera Creates New Emergency Committee for Chile, Post Earthquake

PERU - Peru to set up seismology lab to face disasters caused by earthquakes or tsunamis

PERU, CHINA - Soda factories, Peruvian banks have huge potential in China with FTA

PERU - Lima-Huancayo-Lima tourist train prepares March, April departures for Holy Week

PERU, US - US Embassy in Lima announces all visa applications will be made via internet

PERU - American, European firms interested in Electric Train concession

PERU - Over 16,000 people in Puno's rural communities have access to electricity

VENEZUELA - Venezuela, Belarus to Strengthen Strategic Alliance

COLOMBIA, PANAMA - Colombia and Panama Begin Trade Talks

COSTA RICA -  Keep An Eye On Costa Rica From Space

COSTA RICA - Dole Inaugurates a Mobile Medical Unit to Attend Rural Communities in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica

COSTA RICA - Taxi Union Threatens Protest If Porteo Not Eliminated

COSTA RICA -  Rainy Season Around The Corner, Appearing Early This Year

COSTA RICA - Government Urged To Veto Reforms To The New Ley de Tránsito

COLOMBIA - Bogota homicide rate on the rise

COLOMBIA - Registrar accepts blame for election irregularities

LATIN AMERICA - Q&A: Wanted in Latin America: Responsible Credit

CUBA - Human Rights at the Eye of the Storm

CHILE - Cracks Exposed in Readiness Plan

PERU - Peru Mahogany Decision Highlights Overlooked Timber Proposals at CITES

VENEZUELA - Venezuela to ship its heavy crude to Belarus

MEXICO - Statement by Gov. Perry on Recent Reports of a Mexican Helicopter Incursion ...

PERU - Nude cyclists protest in Lima, Peru

ARGENTINA -  Argentina Defaulted-Debt Deal In Mar Or April--Finance Secretary

PERU - Peru El Brocal's concentrates plant hit by strike

PERU - Copper helps boost Peru's regional exports by 65%

PERU - Money changers upset at banks