South American Leaders Discuss New Bloc
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Presidents and high-ranking officials from 12 South American countries gathered in this ancient Inca capital to create a political and economic bloc they hope will put them on a more equal footing with the United States and Europe.
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CIENFUEGOS, Cuba  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met on Friday with a dozen leaders of Caribbean and Central American nations he is supplying with cheap oil that has bolstered his regional influence.
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Worried about the growing influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Bush administration is trying to make friends with more moderate leftist leaders in Latin America, where anti-U.S. sentiment runs high.
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The South American trade bloc Mercosur and the European Union said after a ministerial meeting Sunday they hope to conclude stalled talks about free-trade agreement on time.
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The president will introduce plans to cut poverty and create jobs in Latin America, where there has been a growing anti-U.S. trend in regional politics.
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The leaders of Brazil, India and South Africa solidified their ties at a summit that highlighted the regional powers' role as spokesmen for the developing world.
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The South American trade bloc Mercosur has made a new offer in a bid to advance stalled trade talks with the European Union and clinch a trans-Atlantic free trade deal by an October deadline.
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HAVANA, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Brazilian, Central American and the Caribbean leaders met Tuesday morning at the National Palace of Santo Domingo to discuss regional integration, poverty and foreign debt, said reports from Santo Domingo, capital of ...
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WASHINGTON, Aug 18  - Rordigo Rato, the new head of the International Monetary Fund, will visit South America in early September, including Argentina, the IMF said on Wednesday, as tensions mount over the country&#39;s three-year loan program with ...
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By Marco Aquino CUZCO, Peru  - South American leaders on Wednesdaylaunched a regional integration pact they said would go beyondrhetoric and usher in European-style unity, but only half thefuture bloc's 12 presidents turned up to sign it.
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Iran is gaining influence in Latin America as the region turns away from Washington and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad courts new allies to counter U.S. efforts to isolate his government.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - The United States and Brazil  predicted on Tuesday Latin America's largest country would  resolve a dispute with the U.N. nuclear watchdog over  inspections of a uranium enrichment plant.
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With the European experience in their minds, South American leaders meet this week in Cuzco, the millenarian capital city of the Inca&#39;s Empire in Peru, in an attempt to set the basis of the political unification of the continent and speed up the
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Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrial nations and about 20 Arab countries across North Africaand the Middle East are scheduled to meet on Saturday here to discuss reforms
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The leftist presidents of Brazil and Venezuela meet on Monday to cement a strategic alliance based partly on oil.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf embarked Friday on 8-day visit to three Latin American countries -- Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, becoming the first Pakistani leader to visit the region.
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President Bush opens a week-long tour of Latin America on Thursday aimed at strengthening ties with a region tilting to the left and influenced by the populist appeal of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.