21/04/2012 | Latin America

Popocatepetl spews smoke, ash: alerts issued

22/04/2012 | Latin America

Brazil's Rousseff achieves record approval, media

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's administration reached a record-high approval rating in April but voters still long for the return of predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a newspaper reported.

22/04/2012 | Latin America

Peru's Humala gains in poll on kidnap, mine rescues

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala's approval rating climbed to 56 percent in April, boosted by the release of energy industry workers kidnapped by Shining Path rebels, an Ipsos Apoyo poll showed on Sunday.

23/04/2012 | Latin America

Cuba plans massive shift to 'non-state' sector

Cuba will move nearly 50 percent of the state's economic activity to the "non-state" sector, a senior Communist party official said, the latest signal the island is headed toward a mixed economy.

23/04/2012 | Latin America

Peru reviews Van der Sloot extradition request

Peru is evaluating a request to extradite Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot to the United States in connection with the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, his lawyer said.

23/04/2012 | Latin America

Venezuela's Chávez calls home to squash death rumors

A healthy-sounding President Hugo Chávez called Venezuelan state television from Cuba to dispel rumors fanned by a nine-day silence that he had died undergoing cancer treatment at a hospital in Havana.

24/04/2012 | Latin America

Chávez 'alive and kicking' in Cuba, pictures released

Photos released by the Venezuelan government showed Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez wearing a track suit and strolling in a garden in Havana with Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro, playing bowls with his brother, Adán, and kissing a crucifix as he hugged his daughter, María Gabriela.

25/04/2012 | Latin America

Pinochet testament opened in Chile, no clues on the General’s fortune

The last will of Chile’s former dictator general Augusto Pinochet was opened in a Chilean court today despite of the family’s protest today. According to judicial sources, the testament had no information on the whereabouts of the late dictator’s fortune.

26/04/2012 | Latin America

Chávez back from Cuba after cancer treatment

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has returned home after 11 days of cancer treatment in Cuba as the state television showed images of the Head of State chatting with his vice president and other aides after arriving at Caracas' international airport early today.

26/04/2012 | Latin America

Chile proposes tax reform to fund education overhaul

Chile's government proposed a sweeping tax reform that raises levies on companies to help fund an education overhaul, as it seeks to quell social protests ahead of local elections seen as a litmus test for the 2013 presidential race.