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Santos Ramirez, former chief executive officer of Bolivia's state-owned energy company, Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), was sentenced to twelve years in prison... 2012-02-03

Gustavo Petro, a former leftist guerrilla who is now a prominent socialist politician, was sworn in as mayor of Bogotá on January 1. The post is considered to be the country's second... 2012-01-06

Bolivian President Evo Morales met with his Peruvian counterpart Ollanta Humala in December 2011 to strengthen ties between the two countries. Humala expressed support for Morales's... 2012-01-06

At the Mercosur summit in Monte Video in December 2011, President Rafael Correa formally presented a request for membership to the customs union. He emphasized that if Ecuador were... 2012-01-06

The resuming of protests on January 2 opposing the US$4.8bn Conga project in Cajamarca by environmental activists indicate that the social conflict with the mining sector has not yet... 2012-01-05

Ecuador's gamble to suspend oil drilling in the Yasuní National Park in the hope of obtaining environmental funding from the international community appears to be paying off. The issue... 2011-09-30

Socialist party Polo Democratic has filed a constitutional reform bill that could prevent Juan Manuel Santos from standing for re-election in 2014. Senator Alexander Lopez Maya is... 2011-07-28

According to AFP and local news sources, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa threatened to expel Inter American Press Association chief Gonzalo Marroquin for calling him a 'dictator'... 2011-07-28

President Ollanta Humala's popularity fell from 70% to 41% in the past month according to a July 18 Ipsos-Apoyo poll following the unexplained visit by his brother, Alexis, to Russia... 2011-07-28

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has returned to Cuba to begin his second round of chemotherapy. While the full extent of Chávez's condition remains unknown, he has vowed to run for... 2011-07-28