A public-private partnership seeks to steer one region’s economy away from the illegal crop and toward filling China’s demand for what it calls the dragonfish.

Jorge Rafael Videla led a rebellion that overthrew Isabel Peron in 1976 and then oversaw a seven-year reign of terror known as the dirty war.

Kirchner was also married to the country’s current president and considered by many as a possible candidate to succeed her. He was also secretary-general of the recently formed Union of South American Nations.

The Venezuelan leader gets the ‘green light’ from Colombia’s Uribe to talk with rebels about releasing key detainees.

Cultural Exchange: In recent years, the dance style has become an important tourism draw for Cali, producing economic benefits for the city’s poor Afro-Colombians barrios where most of the salsa schools are and where the best dancers come from.

Some in U.S. fear the tactic may inspire terrorists.

An armchair naturalist explores the area around Mindo and discovers an exotic world full of orchid and bird species, all framed by spectacular Andean scenery.

The charismatic leader won the loyalty of the impoverished with his socialist revolution, but he left the nation deeply divided and did little to help it develop, analysts say.

A long-awaited visit to Bonn and its Beethoven-Haus museum yields treasures for a fan of the composer.

Human rights groups say Carmelo Agamez’s case is an example of how Colombia’s justice system is broken, and how unjustifiable arrests are used to intimidate dissidents.

Sgt. Jose Libardo Forero, who was freed by FARC rebels in April, says Josefo, a little wild pig he kept as a pet, helped keep him sane during his jungle ordeal.

Feverish imports by China and India in particular are boosting the continent’s producers of soybeans, sugar cane and meat.

Former Argentine President Raul Alfonsin, who was given credit for restoring democracy to his country after years of coups, dictators and “dirty war,” died of lung cancer Tuesday at his home in Buenos Aires.

One woman hijacked an airplane to escape her guerrilla life, another was arrested after infiltrating the military.

Benedetti’s many works, including the short novel ‘The Truce,’ helped secure Latin America’s place in global literature. A committed leftist, he criticized dictatorships and spent 12 years in exile.