Cuba Returns US Fugitive as Bilateral Diplomacy Takes Hold
Cuba has sent home an American fugitive wanted by U.S. authorities on firearms charges, marking the first such return since Havana and Washington restored diplomatic ties in July after more…
The most important person at the Paris climate talks is a woman from tiny Costa Rica
Christiana Figueres’ mandate is no small task: Persuade world leaders to make drastic cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions and avoid catastrophic global warming. Figueres, the United Nations climate chief,…
100 percent of propane cylinders failed safety checks during recent inspection by Costa Rica regulator
Inspectors from the Regulatory Authority for Public Services (ARESEP) visited nine propane bottling plants over the course of the last two weeks of November, inspecting 2,500 propane cylinders intended to…
Venezuela opposition win shakes socialist Latin America governments
Sunday's sweeping opposition victory in Venezuela's legislative elections may do little to lessen embattled President Nicolas Maduro's hostility toward Washington, but it might well lead leftist governments across Latin America…
Two years after his death, are Venezuelans finally giving up on Hugo Chavez’s “Chavismo” ?
Few leaders have ever had the ability to polarize opinion quite like Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s late bombastic, left-wing president. The same is also true of Chavismo, the “Bolivarian” socialist…
United Nations appeals for record $20 billion in aid
The United Nations will need $20.1 billion to provide life-saving aid to over 87 million people across 37 countries next year, as “brutal and extended” conflicts continue to take their…
Colombia confirms find of legendary 300-year-old shipwreck with billions worth of gold, jewels
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Saturday that the legendary galleon San Jose, a Spanish ship that was sunk in 1708 near Cartagena of the Indies with a cargo of…
Venezuela’s opposition wins national legislative elections
Authorities say the opposition, with some districts yet to be counted, won 99 of the 167 seats in the National Assembly, with the Socialist party winning just 46. The results…
