(BBC) How healthcare debate has changed US politics
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March 17, 2010
March 16, 2010
Haiti 'needs $11.5bn' to rebuild
Haiti will need $11.5bn to rebuild after the devastating earthquake in January, its government and aid agencies say.
March 15, 2010
Assassinations and Arrests Continue in Honduras
(Inside Costa Rica) TEGUCIGALPA - The Committee of Relatives of the Detained Disappeared of Honduras (COFADEH) denounced the continuation of human rights violations in that nation after Porfirio Lobo assumed power.
March 14, 2010
Deadly legacy
(BBC) Ridding Falklands of its landmines, 30 years after war
March 13, 2010
Troops deployed for Colombia poll
(BBC) Colombians are set to head to the polls for legislative elections that may indicate how the May presidential election will shape up.
March 11, 2010
Rare opportunity
(BBC) Door creaks ajar for undocumented Haitians in the US
March 10, 2010
Pinera sworn in as new quake hits
Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.
March 8, 2010
Brazil slaps trade sanctions on US
Brazil is backed by the WTO as it slaps trade sanctions against US imports in retaliation for illegal subsidies to cotton farmers.
March 4, 2010
Turkish anger at 'genocide' vote
Turkey reacts angrily to a US congressional panel's resolution describing World War I killings of Armenians as genocide.
February 24, 2010
Cuban prison hunger striker dies
(BBC) Cuban political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo dies aged 42 in a Havana hospital after 85 days on hunger strike.
February 23, 2010
US-free Americas bloc planned
(BBC) Latin American and Caribbean nations agree to a new regional body without the US and Canada, Mexico's president says.
February 22, 2010
Palm oil politics
(BBC) Are Indonesia's orangutans dying for a biscuit?
February 21, 2010
Oil drilling set to start off Falkland islands
(BBC) A UK rig is due to begin drilling for oil in the territorial waters of the Falkland Islands, despite strong opposition from Argentina.
February 19, 2010
Falklands drilling 'to go ahead'
(BBC) Oil drilling off the Falkland Islands will begin next week despite Argentine opposition, the UK territory's government insists.
February 17, 2010
Dalai Lama to meet Obama amid row
(BBC) The Dalai Lama arrives in the US ahead of talks with President Barack Obama on Thursday which China opposes.
Lula's choice
(BBC) The woman Brazil's president hopes will succeed him
February 9, 2010
Colombia mounts major drugs raids
(BBC) More than 20 people are arrested in Colombia in what the authorities say is the biggest anti-drug operation in a decade.
February 8, 2010
Costa Rica elects female leader
(BBC) Costa Ricans elect Laura Chinchilla as president, the first woman to occupy the post in the Central American nation.
February 6, 2010
Tempers frayed
(BBC) Anti-abortion ad sparks Super Bowl controversy
February 1, 2010
Huge Brazil dam moves step closer
(BBC) Brazil grants an environmental licence for a controversial hydro-electric dam - the world's third largest - in the Amazon.
January 31, 2010
Haiti children
Is 'orphans' case kidnap or genuine misunderstanding?
Family reunited
(BBC) El Salvador's troubled adoption history
January 30, 2010
China hits back at US-Taiwan sale
(BBC) China says it will suspend military exchanges with the US in response to a planned $6.4bn US weapons sales to Taiwan.
January 29, 2010
Make me poorer
(BBC) Why people vote against their own interests
January 28, 2010
Mass rescue at Machu Picchu
(BBC) About 1,400 tourists are airlifted to safety from near the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru following devastating floods.
January 27, 2010
Exile begins for Honduras' Zelaya
(BBC) Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya arrives in the Dominican Republic, ending a months-long political crisis in Honduras.
January 25, 2010
Women make up half of Bolivian cabinet
(Press TV) The Bolivian President Evo Morales has commenced his second term in office with half of his government portfolios going to women.
January 24, 2010
Haitian pulled alive from rubble
(BBC) A 24-year-old man is rescued 11 days after the Haitian quake, and hours after the search for survivors is declared over.
January 23, 2010
Haiti quake rescue declared over
(BBC) Haiti's government has declared the search for quake survivors over, the UN says, a day after two people are found alive.
January 22, 2010
US firm backs down over Bible references on army gun sights
(BBC) A US military contractor says it will stop engraving Biblical references on rifles used by the US army, as well as the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
January 21, 2010
Algerians return from Guantanamo
(BBC) Two Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay are sent home on the eve of President Obama's deadline to close the prison.
January 18, 2010
UN chief urges Haiti patience
(BBC) UN chief Ban Ki-moon appeals to Haitians to be patient, as many quake survivors are left to fend for themselves.
January 17, 2010
Chavez seizes foreign supermarket
(BBC) Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez expropriates a French-Colombian supermarket, accusing it of raising prices.
Haiti quake aid effort still slow
(BBC) The delivery of aid to victims of Haiti's earthquake is being slowed by the damaged infrastructure, but is starting to get through.
January 16, 2010
Security fears in quake-hit Haiti
(BBC) Security concerns rise in Haiti's capital as distribution problems continue to hamper the supply of aid to desperate quake survivors.
January 15, 2010
Haiti quake aid effort hampered
(BBC) Delays hamper the aid effort in Haiti as anger spreads among quake survivors spending a third night without shelter.
January 14, 2010
Race to help Haiti quake victims
Haiti awaits the arrival of a global rescue effort in the wake of a devastating earthquake that may have killed tens of thousands.
January 12, 2010
Indigenous Chileans get apology
Chile's president apologises to the descendants of a group of indigenous people exhibited as human curiosities in Europe.
Soldiers close shops in Venezuela
(BBC) Inspectors backed by soldiers shut some 70 shops in Venezuela accused of trying to cash in on the bolivar's devaluation.
January 10, 2010
Brazil truth plan angers military
(BBC) A package of reforms put forward by the Brazilian to probe human rights abuse under military rule is causing growing controversy.
January 2, 2010
Mystery of San Francisco's lost sea lions 'solved'
(BBC) Scientists in the US believe they may have solved the riddle of San Francisco's vanishing sea lions.
December 31, 2009
Storms kill at least 11 in Brazil
(BBC) At least 11 people die in Brazil as flooding and landslides hit Rio de Janeiro state after heavy rains.
December 28, 2009
Gay couple marries in Argentina
(BBC) Two Argentine men become the first gay couple in Latin America to legally marry after a civil ceremony in southern Argentina.
Brazilians flee Suriname clashes
(BBC) At least 25 people were hurt during Christmas clashes between Brazilian migrants and locals in Suriname, Brazilian officials say,
December 27, 2009
Father warned US about jet suspect
(BBC) The father of a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a transatlantic jet had warned US officials about his son's views.
December 24, 2009
Holiday blizzards hit central US
At least 18 people die as a huge winter snowstorm blankets central US, causing chaos on the roads and grounding flights.
Arrests in Mexico revenge murders
Four people are held over the murder of the family of a Mexican marine who died during a high-profile drugs raid.
December 20, 2009
Guantanamo detainees flown home
(BBC) The US transfers 12 detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan, Yemen and Somaliland, officials say.
December 18, 2009
DNA frees US prisoner 35 years on
(BBC) US man becomes the country's longest-serving prisoner to be freed, after DNA evidence proves his innocence 35 years on.
December 16, 2009
Colombia rebel groups 'to unite'
(BBC) Two of Colombia's biggest rebel groups say they intend to unite their fighters against the country's US-backed security forces.
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