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McCain woos Catholic, Latino voters on Mexican visit

AFP - Friday, July 4 03:36 am

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain visited the Basilica of Guadalupe, home to Mexico's most revered icon, a stop likely aimed at Roman Catholics and Mexican-Americans voters in the United States. More »

  • McCain shakes up campaign team during Latin America tour

    AFP - Thursday, July 3 12:08 am

    CARTAGENA, Colombia (AFP) - US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain shook up his campaign brain trust Wednesday, on the second day of a two-nation Latin America tour designed to showcase his foreign policy spurs. More »

  • A man carries wooden planks as he walks past a drawing of Llaima volcano at Cherquenco town July 2, 2008. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

    Chile ski station evacuated as volcano erupts

    Reuters - Wednesday, July 2 11:30 pm

    CHERQUENCO, Chile (Reuters) - Chile on Wednesday evacuated the remaining occupants of a southern ski station as Llaima volcano, one of South America's most active, spewed lava for a second day prompting fears of landslides, officials said. More »

  • McCain lauds Bogota's fight against drug trafficking

    AFP - Wednesday, July 2 08:32 am

    CARTAGENA, Colombia, (AFP) - US Republican presidential candidate John McCain lauded Bogota's fight against drug trafficking and endorsed the festering effort at a US-Colombia free trade pact during his first stop in a campaign swing through Colombia and Mexico. More »

  • McCain heads to Colombia, Mexico

    AFP - Wednesday, July 2 03:06 am

    CARTAGENA, Colombia (AFP) - Republican White House candidate John McCain launched a campaign swing through Colombia and Mexico, plotting new trade and foreign policy attacks on Democratic foe Barack Obama. More »

  • Elite police squad courts controversy in Brazil

    Reuters - Wednesday, July 2 01:57 am

    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Barked commands and the thump of helicopter blades jolted Juliana out of bed early in the morning of April 3. More »

  • Hostage-taking and clashes - Latam's commodities boom

    Reuters - Tuesday, July 1 07:49 pm

    SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Police taken hostage in Peru and a copper train being derailed in Chile are not exactly the kind of headlines one expects about a global commodities boom driving sustained growth in Latin America. More »

  • Peruvian mines hit by nationwide strike

    Reuters - Monday, June 30 07:05 pm

    LIMA (Reuters) - Workers at several big mines in Peru went on strike Monday and joined a nationwide walkout, hoping to pressure Congress to pass a bill that would give them a greater share of profits from sky-high metals prices. More »

  • People line up to buy food in the early morning in Moquegua June 17, 2008. Thousands of protesters held 60 police officers hostage on Tuesday as the government scrambled to negotiate a deal that would end a week-long blockade of a mining region that has caused shortages of food and fuel.

    Injured police freed in Peru mining blockade

    Reuters - Tuesday, June 17 07:27 pm

    LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian protesters held 48 police officers hostage in a church on Tuesday after freeing a dozen who were injured as the government rushed to negotiate a deal that would end a week-long blockade of a mining region and avert further violence. More »

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