Yearly Archives: 2015

LATIN AMERICA NEWS - Latin America has the capacity to settle its political differences and needs greater cooperation, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said here Monday. When addressing the 49th Summit of Mercosur, a regional bloc grouping Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, Rousseff said, "I want to underscore Latin America's...

TODAY PANAMA - Panama City, Panama - Panamanian authorities have arrested former president Ricardo Martinelli after the Supreme Court ordered his provisional detention, media reported on Tuesday. Martinelli is being held "in connection with an investigation into illegal surveillance allegedly carried out during his administration (2009-2014)," the daily La Prensa...

QCOSTARICA - Who will take the first step after the call by Pope Francis for Costa Rica and Nicaragua to strive for "reciprocal cooperation". The two countries have been butting heads on a number of issues for years. But despite the Pope's words on Sunday, neither country seems ready to...