Supporters of ARENA party founder Roberto d’Aubuisson dedicated a monument in his honor in the San Salvador neighborhood of Antiguo Cuscatlan. The monument was installed through a pact between local government and COENA, the governing […]
Chilean President Michele Bachelet traveled to Washington last week and held a by-all-accounts cordial meeting with US Pres. Bush. However, Bachelet failed to capitulate to US cajoling on at least two critical issues that represent […]
The Chilean President snubbed Bush when she failed to tip her hand on who Chile would support in the upcoming bid for a Latin American seat on the UN Security council. Two seats carrying two-year […]
More fall out from the Ecuador-Oxy clash: things went from bad to worse for Ecuador-US Free Trade negotiations when Ecuador’s Minister of Finance, Jorge Illingworth and his successor, Manuel Chiriboga both resigned. Both cited dismal […]
It has been nearly 20 years since a leftist candidate in Colombia has won more than a symbolic handful of votes in a Presidential election. But Carlos Gaviria’s second-place showing in last week’s polling demonstrated […]
The nullification of Occidental Petroleum’s oil-drilling contract by the Ecuadorian government has generated mixed reactions in the Americas. Ecuador‘s oil minister revoked the California-based oil giant’s contract last week for allegedly not informing the government […]
Copyright 2003-2018 Upside Down World