Latin American leaders were at the CELAC III summit in Costa Rica last month. But do they really hold the keys to a sustainable future for the continent?
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Latin American leaders were at the CELAC III summit in Costa Rica last month. But do they really hold the keys to a sustainable future for the continent?
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FOR many Latin Americans the 21st century has been a time of unprecedented progress. Between 2002 and 2013, 60m people in the region moved out of poverty.
Latin American faces were few and far between at last night’s Oscars ceremony, but a few winners stood out in the crowd — nearly all of them from Mexico.
The United States and Latin American nations voiced concerns over political tensions in Venezuela after the socialist government arrested the opposition mayor of Caracas in an alleged coup plot.
You have dreams for your life, yet it can sometimes feel impossible to make them real. You might know what to do and even how to do it, but taking action requires courage -- the ability to withstand fear, humiliation, and discomfort.
In the island’s capital of Castro, the traditional houses on stilts known as palafitos are now overlooked by a multi-million-dollar mall. But most controversial of all is a US$670 million bridge that will span the the 1.7 miles to the mainland
President Cristina Fernández’s over-reaction to new formal charges that she tried to cover up Iran’s suspected role in the 1994 terrorist attack in Buenos Aires.
British artist Brian Nissen, who has spent many years in Mexico, believes that the three things that work best in this country are its culture, crime and corruption, all of which continue to grow incessantly.
Where Panama once led Nicaragua now follows with controversial President and ex-Sandinista, Daniel Ortega, announcing plans last July for what has been dubbed “the greatest engineering project in human history”