South America's Constitutional Battles
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BUENOS AIRES -- Movements to rewrite national constitutions are dramatically changing the political paths of several South American countries, triggering bitter debates over whether new charters will benefit future generations or simply serve the political ambitions of current presidents.
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South America's leaders are increasingly naming women as their defense ministers, putting them in charge of keeping the peace in nations still grappling with legacies of military dictatorships.
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Eufrosina Cruz runs for mayor, says Constitution trumps indigenous laws.
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BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 15 -- Four Bolivian states bitterly opposed to a proposed new constitution unveiled plans Saturday for greater self-rule, challenging President Evo Morales and sparking demonstrations throughout the country.
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Conservative Felipe Calderon&#039;s apparent victory could signal that the leftist tide sweeping Latin America has reached its high-water mark, as voters frightened by the radicalism of Venezuela&#039;s Hugo Chavez seek refuge in more mainstream ideas across the region.
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By Danna Harman | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. First a Chilean court stripped immunity from leaders of the country&#39;s 17-year &quot;dirty war&quot; last month.
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Evo Morales, Bolivia&#039;s first Indian president, is hoping for a big win by his socialist backers in elections Sunday to chose an assembly to rewrite the constitution.
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Leftist president Evo Morales wins a majority of delegates charged with rewriting the nation's constitution. But he'll have to compromise
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- A swath of Amazon rain forest the size of Alabama was placed under government protection yesterday in a region known for violent conflicts among loggers, ranchers, and environmentalists.
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Opposition leader in Bolivia's wealthier lowlands claim success in a protest against changes to the constitution.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales and opposition governors meet to tackle a political crisis over a draft new constitution.
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The protests in Santiago, Chile, during President Bush&#39;s visit for an Asia-Pacific summit last month are a symptom of far deeper troubles in Latin America.
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President Alvaro Uribe&#039;s landslide re-election victory wasn&#039;t only celebrated in Colombia. The clear win for the law-and-order conservative was a triumph as well for U.S. policymakers, who some observers say may be losing Latin America to a rising tide of leftist nationalism.
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Some of South America's key areas are at risk from soya bean exports, campaigners say.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 25 -- A lawsuit to be unsealed Wednesday in a U.S. District Court in Maryland seeks civil damages against Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada -- the former president of Bolivia now living in exile in Chevy Chase -- for allegedly presiding over a 2003 government crackdown that left 67 civili...
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil's president often gets  criticized by his old leftist friends for being conservative at  home. But globally he has reshaped the debate on intellectual  property rights to reflect the needs of poor nations.
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The election held in Uruguay yesterday will determine whether the country, slowly emerging from economic turmoil, will join the ranks of other South American nations headed by leftist presidents.