President Obama met with Brazilian head of state Lula da Silva on Saturday as part of a new effort to open up dialogue with Latin America. Over the 8 years that President Bush was in power in the United States, South America saw an explosion of. . . READ FULL STORY

Three former heads of state in Latin America—Mexico's former president Ernesto Zedillo, former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and former Colombian president César Gaviria—issued a joint statement in an opinion piece that. . . READ FULL STORY

Do you know the mythology behind Valentine's Day? Yeah, neither did we. That is until we picked up the latest issue of Forbes magazine to check out different ways that they celebrate the amorous holiday all over the world. Apparently, it all. . . READ FULL STORY

The global economic crisis, caused in large part by the failings of the U.S. economy, has brought on potentially damning effects for Latin American countries both large and small. According to Rebeca Grynspan, regional head of the UN Development. . . READ FULL STORY

Leftist President Rafael Correa announced recently that he would not take strides to repay the 30.6 billion dollars still owed on Ecuador's Global 2012 bond. Saying the debt was illegitimate, Correa confirmed that the amount would remain unpaid. . . READ FULL STORY