India's Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said here Thursday that India and a trade bloc of South American countries have agreed to expand a trade...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 3, 2010 (IPS) - Sugarcane could replace the energy produced by three hydroelectric dams like the Belo Monte in the Amazon, claims the Brazilian sugarcane industry, which remains...

Caribbean archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Serrana belongs to Nicaragua. "I am certain that President Juan Manuel Santos knows that San Andres and its islands belongs to Nicaragua," Ortega...

The Colombian Liga Postobon continues this weekend with several clashes that could reshape the top of the table. The action starts on Friday with fifth-place La Equidad hosting troubled America de...

Colombian Judge Jenny Jimenez, who was criticized by former President Alvaro Uribe for issuing an arrest warrant against a former government official, plans to seek protection from the U.N. after...

A takeover battle is brewing between Canadian gold companies Goldcorp Inc. and Eldorado Gold Corp. over the U.S. owner of a promising mine in Argentina. Goldcorp. said Friday it has found a "perfect...

YOKOHAMA — World Cup captain Makoto Hasebe has pulled out of Japan’s friendlies against Paraguay and Guatemala because of a bruised calf muscle, the Japan Football Association announced...

Alleged wiretapping hearings lead by a politician, the shutdown of an Internet provider and the investigation of a newsprint factory have all occurred in Argentina over the last few days. They all...

After a period of steady decline, Colombia has seen an increase in oil production due to Colombian government efforts to curb drug and insurgent-related violence in the country and implement...

Suspected leftist rebels killed 14 police officers and wounded seven in an ambush of a five-truck convoy in southern Colombia, a police commander said Thursday. Elsewhere in the country, two separate...

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Friday condemned the FARC attack in Colombia's Caqueta department in which fourteen policemen were killed. "My heart is with the families of these heroes of...

seized a ton of high quality cocaine on the Magdalena Medio highway between the municipality of Puerto Boyaca in the Boyaca department and Cimitarra, Santander. Police commander General Orlando...

Eleven guerrillas were killed and one was injured in an attack by Colombia's Air Force in the eastern department of Arauca, the army announced on Friday. The commander of the National Army's 8th...

CARACAS (Reuters) - Children tussle after dark on a dusty soccer field used just weeks ago as a shooting range by local drug gangs, a sign that a new police force is making a mark on one of...

Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, left, grips the arm of a bodyguard as he arrives to deliver a speech to students outside Havana's University in Havana, Cuba, 3 Sep...

Eldorado Gold , another Canadian miner. Shares in gold miners have been buoyed this year by record prices as investors switched into the precious metal as a haven against turmoil in financial...

Colombia's Interior and Justice Minister said on Friday the government will relaunch its security policy to counter soaring violence in cities and guerrilla attacks in the countryside. Minister...

Bernardo Moreno, the personal secretary of former President Alvaro Uribe, left Colombia while authorities are in the middle of a criminal investigation against him, one of the prosecutors told...

Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The Argentine currency’s record losing streak is dragging peso-denominated warrants tracking economic growth to the lowest in five months relative to those priced in...

Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega is failing to convince currency traders that the real is poised to slump as foreign investment pours into the country’s stock and...

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras on Friday unveiled a huge share offering which could raise 64 billion dollars to help finance new exploration projects in the country. Some 2.1 million...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras on Friday unveiled a huge share offering which could raise 64 billion dollars to help finance new exploration projects in the...

will offer a total of 3.75 billion shares, of which 2.17 billion would be voting stock and 1.58 billion would be preferred shares, the company said Friday in a statement. Based on Thursday's...

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM, SQM-B.SN), one of the globe's leading fertilizer and specialty chemical producers, will expand...

At 47 years of age, Sergio Batista finds himself charged with the coaching opportunity of a lifetime: taking the reins of Argentina’s national team. Handed the role on an interim basis, thanks in...

his country is not "a sanctuary for violent armed groups" and reiterated Venezuela's disposition to re-establish "cordial and cooperative" relations with Colombia based on "mutual respect." The...

's Casa de Nariño to examine Colombia's security situation, following three suspected FARC attacks against Colombia's armed forces within 24 hours. Authorities on...

to release a book in late September detailing her experience as a guerrilla captive. The book, written in French, is titled "Même le silence a une fin" ("Even silence has an end"), and will...

arrived in Colombia Thursday to meet with Colombian congressmen and discuss the problem of the sexual abuse of women in the Andean nation's armed conflict. "We were invited by women who are members...

Havana - Fidel Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a Communist country where little signals often carry...

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras will sell up to $64.5 billion in new stock -- one of the largest in capital markets history -- to raise funds for the world's biggest oil exploration investment...

Reliance Industries (RIL), operator of the world's largest refining complex, bought around 3 million barrels of spot Brazilian crude to arrive in India in the next two months, industry sources said...

At six feet, nine inches tall, Brazilian teenager Elisany Silva is hoping to become a model and soar to new heights. CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi...

YOKOHAMA, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—World Cup captain Makoto Hasebe has pulled out of Japan's friendlies against Paraguay and Guatemala because of a bruised calf muscle, the Japan Football...

Petrobras , is planning to sell at least 3.75 billion shares in order to finance its massive investment program over the next five years, the company said Friday in a...

(RTTNews) - Brazilian economy expanded more than expected in the second quarter.The seasonally adjusted gross domestic product, or GDP, increased 1.2% on a sequential basis in the second quarter, a...

Argentina's player Luis Scola has become the top scorer in in the preliminary round of the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship. Chinese Jianlian Yi ranked the first in securing rebounds...

Dilma Rousseff, former chief of staff to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has denied any wrongdoing, calling the allegations "frivolous" and without basis. Photo by...

By Devirupa Mitra, New Delhi, Sep 3 : India, looking to launch a second green revolution to boost its food security, has begun looking at distant South America where countries have been able to ramp...

Quote ) signed a deal with Peru on Thursday giving it rights to start building its Las Bambas copper mine, a $4.2 billion project President Alan Garcia called "the contract of the century." ...

Switzerland's Xstrata mining group and the Peruvian government Thursday signed a 4.2-billion-dollar deal to develop a copper mine in the southeastern Peru of the country, said President Alan...

Denmark's National Gallery in Copenhagen is displaying 40 acrylic paintings by Bob Dylan that have never been shown to the public. Curator Kasper Monrad said the paintings in Dylan's "Brazil Series"...

Brazil's Tiago Splitter puts up a shot during the preliminary round of the World Basketball Championship against Croatia, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Mark J....

Novica Velickovic, left, from Serbia and Luis Scola, right, from Argentina, during their World Basketball Championship preliminary round match in Kayseri, Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP...

"Brazil on the Rise" (Palgrave Macmillan, $27) by Larry Rohter: When Larry Rohter stepped down as The New York Times' Brazil bureau chief in 2008, he was easily the most reviled foreign correspondent...