February 04, 2010 Xinhua News [Regions > Brazil]
	Brazil opens largest natural gas pipeline in South America -- On Wednesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula inaugurated the opening of the continent's largest natural gas pipeline. The state-owned pipeline is 179km long and cost $1.38 billion.
January 28, 2010 BBC News [Regions > Brazil]
	Brazil's Lula cancels Davos trip after falling ill -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has cancelled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos after falling ill with high blood pressure.
January 28, 2010 The New York Times [Regions > Americas > Venezuela]
	Anti-Chavez Protesters March on State Energy Co. -- Thousands of university students protested in Venezuela's capital on Thursday, accusing President Hugo Chavez of forcing an opposition channel off cable and satellite TV as part of a broader strategy aimed at curbing criticism of mounting domestic problems.
January 28, 2010 The New York Times [Regions > Americas > Mexico]
	Police Chief Killed in Western Mexico Town -- Gunmen killed a police chief and two officers Thursday in the same western town where a human head was dumped a day earlier.
January 28, 2010 The New York Times [Regions > Americas > Mexico]
	Feds Seek to Overturn Mexico City Gay Marriage Law -- Mexican federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will try to overturn Mexico City's gay marriage law, which allows same-sex couples to adopt children, on the grounds it violates the constitution.
January 27, 2010 The New York Times [Regions > Brazil]
	Brazil's Silva Gets Hero's Welcome at Social Forum -- Brazil's first working-class president got a hero's welcome at the World Social Forum, wowing 10,000 leftists with a vow to reproach the planet's business titans for causing the global meltdown when he meets with them this week at a Swiss ski resort.
January 27, 2010 Democracy Now! [Regions > Brazil]
	World Social Forum Convenes in Brazil -- Thousands of people have gathered in Porto Alegre, Brazil this week for the tenth annual World Social Forum.
January 27, 2010 CommonDreams.Org [Regions > Americas > Honduras]
	Honduras Swears in Porfirio Lobo as President -- Honduras has sworn in newly-elected Porfirio Lobo as President, after months of crisis over the fate of his ousted predecessor, Manuel Zelaya.
January 25, 2010 Reuters [Regions > Americas > Guatemala]
	Ex-Guatemalan President Indicted in New York -- A federal grand jury in New York has indicted former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo for money laundering, alleging he embezzled tens of millions of public dollars that he washed through foreign and local banks.
January 25, 2010 Upside Down World [Regions > Americas > Costa Rica]
	Costa-Rica: Last-Ditch Leftwing Alliance to 'Save' the Country -- Political forces on the left in Costa Rica have formed a partial last-minute alliance to support Ottón Solís, the presidential candidate for the centre-left Citizens' Action Party (PAC), in a bid to counter the conservative lead that the polls predict for the upcoming Feb. 7 elections.
January 24, 2010 The New York Times [Regions > Americas > Venezuela]
	Cable TV Station Critical of Chavez Is Shut Down -- A cable television channel that has been critical of President Hugo Chávez was taken off the air on Sunday after defying new government regulations requiring it to televise some of Mr. Chávez’s speeches.
January 21, 2010 Reuters [Regions > Americas > Venezuela]
	Hugo Chavez tries to show he's serious about drugs -- Washington accuses Venezuela of leniency in the drugs fight and collusion with Colombian rebels financed by smuggling. Hurt by a blockade on sales of U.S. military equipment and spare parts to Caracas, the government of President Hugo Chavez recently bought millions of dollars worth of radar and other gear from China. Authorities have also captured a significant number of alleged traffickers and "capos."
January 20, 2010 Upside Down World [Regions > Brazil]
	Rio de Janeiro: Control of the Poor Seen as Crucial for the Olympics -- The prospect of the FIFA World Cup in 2014 followed by the Olympic Games in 2016 has reignited the debate about public security in a country where there is an undeclared war taking place in the favelas between the military police, paramilitary groups, and drug traffickers, but where the principal victims are the poor.
January 20, 2010 Upside Down World [Regions > Americas > Nicaragua]
	A Nicaraguan Farce -- Daniel Alegría still thinks of himself as a Sandinista, “a Sandinista, no Orteguista.” He looks pretty much the same as he did when I first met him at Comedor Sara in January, 1984 where he spent his evenings drinking beer and talking politics with the internacionalistas who gathered there in the evenings.
January 20, 2010 The New York Times [Regions > Americas > Honduras]
	Accord Reached to Let Honduran President Depart -- The president-elect of Honduras agreed on Wednesday to grant safe passage to the Dominican Republic for ousted President Manuel Zelaya next week, in a deal designed to offer a graceful exit for the deposed leader.
January 20, 2010 Upside Down World [Regions > Americas > Ecuador]
	Ecuador: Politics Closes Indigenous Shuar Radio -- Father Juan de la Cruz, who works with indigenous activists, calls a recent decision by Ecuador's Communications Commission to revoke a Shuar radio station's frequency “a grave error” and an effort to undermine their struggle against oil and mining interests.
January 19, 2010 Upside Down World [Regions > Americas > Guatemala]
	Assassinations Continue in Guatemala -- The ITUC has strongly condemned the assassination of Evelinda Ramírez Reyes, leader of the resistance front for the defence of people and natural resources, FRENA, affiliated to the national resistance front, FNL, which is part of the Guatemalan labour, indigenous and campesino movement, MSICG.
January 18, 2010 BBC News [Regions > Americas > Venezuela]
	Chavez takes control of foreign supermarket -- Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has seized control of a foreign supermarket chain, Exito, after he accused the company of hiking its prices.
January 14, 2010 The New York Times [Regions > Americas > Venezuela]
	Chavez Suspends Rolling Blackout in Caracas -- President Hugo Chavez indefinitely suspended rolling blackouts in Venezuela's capital just a day after they began, and sacked his electricity minister saying he was responsible for mistakes in the way the rationing plan was applied.
January 13, 2010 Upside Down World [Regions > Americas > Honduras]
	Honduras: Why do Garifuna community radios burn? -- A Honduran black fraternal organization denounces attack against their radio station.
January 13, 2010 The New York Times [Regions > Americas > Haiti]
	Haiti Chief Says Thousands May Be Dead -- The earthquake was the worst in the region in more than 200 years and left the country in a shambles, without electricity or phone service, tangling efforts to provide relief to an estimated 3 million people who the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said had been affected by the quake.
January 12, 2010 BBC News [Regions > Americas > Venezuela]
	Venezuela soldiers shut shops accused of profiteering -- Government inspectors backed by soldiers have shut more than 70 shops in Venezuela accused of trying to cash in on last week's currency devaluation.
January 12, 2010 BBC News [Regions > Americas > Venezuela]
	Power cuts loom for Venezuelans as dam runs dry -- Venezuela has announced an electricity rationing programme in which the entire country will be affected by four-hour blackouts every week.
January 12, 2010 BBC News [Regions > Americas > Guatemala]
	Guatemala President Alvaro Colom cleared over murder -- A UN investigation has cleared Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom of involvement in the murder of a prominent lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg.
January 12, 2010 VOA News [Regions > Americas > Ecuador]
	Ecuador's Foreign Minister Resigns Unexpectedly -- Ecuadorean officials say Foreign Minister Fander Falconi is resigning.
January 11, 2010 BBC News [Regions > Brazil]
	Brazil reflects on Lula's last year -- In his last full year as Brazilian leader President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva still commands the political stage here, his popularity at levels most other world leaders would envy.
January 11, 2010 The New York Times [Regions > Americas > Mexico]
	Mexico Opens 2010 With One of Its Deadliest Days -- Mexico opened the new year with what could be its most dubious distinction yet in the 3-year-old battle against drug trafficking -- 69 murders in one day.
January 11, 2010 The New York Times [Regions > Americas > Honduras]
	Honduras' Top Court to Hear Case Against Military -- Honduras' Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a request by the chief prosecutor to charge the country's top military commanders with abuse of power for sending President Manuel Zelaya into exile.
January 09, 2010 Reuters [Regions > Americas > Venezuela]
	UPDATE 1-Devaluation ups stakes in Venezuela election year -- Venezuelans rushed to the shops on Saturday, fearful of price rises after a currency devaluation that will let President Hugo Chavez boost government spending ahead of an election but feeds opposition charges of economic mismanagement.
January 08, 2010 CommonDreams.Org [Regions > Americas > Honduras]
	CONTACT: CEPR Dan Beeton International Program Communications Coordinator 202-239-1460 Proposed Amnesty Serves to Whitewash Honduran Coup, CEPR Co-Director Says -- The international community should offer no support for planned amnesty for the perpetrators of the Honduran coup. Noting that both ousted President Manuel Zelaya and coup leaders previously agreed on a deal to resolve the crisis that did not include amnesty for crimes, CEPR co-director Mark Weisbrot cautioned that current efforts to grant amnesty to the coup leaders would be merely an attempt to "whitewash the coup."