Category: Andes
June 21, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
FARC Kidnap Colombian Mayoral Candidate; Car Bomb Rattles Popayán While Another Attack Is Thwarted
Political violence in the lead-up to Colombia’s regional elections continued as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group kidnapped a mayoral candidate in the country’s central Meta province. […] Read More >
June 13, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Peru’s Humala And García Both Hint At Pardon For Ex-Leader Fujimori
Peru’s president-elect Ollanta Humala may pardon imprisoned, former president Alberto Fujimori on humanitarian grounds after he was hospitalized earlier this month. Humala, who recently beat Fujimori’s daughter Keiko in Peru’s […] Read More >
June 10, 2011 > Staff
Peru’s Humala Visits Brazil To Meet With Rousseff; Looks To Distance Himself From Chávez
Today in Latin America Top Story — Peru’s president-elect Ollanta Humala made a visit to Brazil Thursday, where he met with President Dilma Rousseff, as part of his South American […] Read More >
June 7, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Venezuela To File Complaint Over PDVSA Sanctions At OPEC Meeting; Freezes Relations With U.S.
While the recent uprisings throughout the Middle East and the question whether to raise crude oil production are sure to take center stage at this week’s meeting of The Organization […] Read More >
June 7, 2011 > Staff
Peru’s Stock Market Plummets On News Of Ollanta Humala’s Victory
Today in Latin America Top Story — Peru’s stock exchange plummeted a record 12.5 percent and closed early after leftwing nationalist Ollanta Humala definitively won the country’s runoff presidential election Monday. […] Read More >
June 6, 2011 > Staff
Ollanta Humala Expected To Win Peru’s Runoff Election
Today in Latin America Top Story — Leftwing nationalist Ollanta Humala held a very narrow lead as of late Sunday night over conservative Keiko Fujimori in Peru’s runoff presidential election, […] Read More >
June 2, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Venezuela And Mexico Are Top Buyers Of Military Equipment From Spain
Venezuela and Mexico topped the list last year of nations purchasing military equipment from Spain, with the two countries collectively spending more than 340 million euros (about $492 million). Hugo […] Read More >
June 2, 2011 > Paul Alonso
Keiko Fujimori, “To Call Me Right-Wing Is a Lie” — An Interview
Keiko Fujimori is 35 years old and the daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori, jailed and sentenced for human rights violations in 2009. She became Peru’s first lady at 19 and […] Read More >
June 1, 2011 > Staff
FARC Kills Two Colombian Mayoral Candidates; Release Communique Calling For “Political Solution”
Today in Latin America Top Story — Guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) killed two mayoral candidates in the Colombian department of Antioquia over the weekend, a […] Read More >
May 30, 2011 > Staff
Venezuelans March In Caracas To Protest U.S. Sanctions On State Oil Company PDVSA
Today in Latin America Top Story — Thousands of Venezuelans marched in the capital of Caracas Sunday to protest U.S. sanctions imposed on the South American country’s state oil company, […] Read More >