Need to Know / Latin America

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A survey by PS&B Associates gives Hugo Chavez a vote intention of 50% against 37% for main contender Manuel Rosales. However, similar ...

President Fox will not lead Mexico’s Independence Day ceremony from the traditional setting of El Zocalo square, in Mexico City. Instead, An...

The Iran-Venezuela alliance is getting stronger. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is steping in Caracas and Habana next week, on his w...

Camilo Ospina is not a career diplomat . Whether this was a slip of the tongue or an intentional accusation, get ready for a new series of r...

Brazil will buy 12 used Mirage 2000 aircrafts from the French army for US$100m. A modest investment if compared with the recent acquisitions...

Venezuela pledged to fund and supervise the construction of at least two Bolivian military facilities as a part of a defense agreement. The ...

Lula is marking distance from his Venezuelan and Cuban colleagues. With the presidential elections scheduled for October, he wants to avoid ...

Planning to be back by August the 20th.