Urban hero takes on establishment in Colombia presidential race
By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Enrique Penalosa, a jovial economist who made Colombia's congested capital more tolerable when he...
Japan has not narrowed trade differences with U.S., negotiator says
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese officials said on Tuesday there was still a significant way to go before reaching a broad agreement...
Bajan Superstar Rihanna Makes Animation Film History
BY NAN Staff Writer
News Americas, LOS ANGELES, CA, Tues. April 22, 2014: Sexy Barbados-born award-winning singer and actress, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, has made animation...
Japan’s Amari: Sees distance to Japan-U.S. agreement on TPP
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Economics Minister Akira Amari said on Tuesday that he sees significant distance towards a broad agreement on trade with the...
Argentina moves to eliminate taxes paid by biodiesel producers
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Monday asked Congress to eliminate some of the taxes paid by biodiesel manufacturers in a bid to support an...
Caribbean Leaders Must Create Right Mix To Attract Investors Says Antigua-Born...
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. April 21, 2014: “Caribbean leaders should encourage, embrace and affirm the flow of capital that is positive, sustainable and healthy for the region."...
Protesters fight police, burn Maduro puppets in Venezuela
By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Masked youths battled police, protesters burned and hung from lamp-posts effigies of President Nicolas Maduro and marchers demanded...
Pope makes Easter plea for Ukraine peace after gunbattle
Pope Francis urged the international community to "prevent violence" in Ukraine in his Easter Sunday message after pro-Russian insurgents in the east of the...
Obama-Abe summit to aid trade talks, not seal deal: U.S. official
By Krista Hughes and Kaori Kaneko WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Next week's meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is...
World leaders, writers pay tribute to Garcia Marquez
Presidents, writers and celebrities paid tribute Friday to Nobel-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the late giant of Latin American literature whose work inspired...