Argentina sex-change, 'right-to-die' laws make waves

Argentina, the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage, created a fresh stir this week by making sex-change operations and end-of-life decisions by relatives a legal right.

Argentina Slows Climate Action Amid Energy Crisis

By Marcelo Teixeira SAO PAOLO, May 10 (Reuters Point Carbon) - While its Latin American neighbors move forward with national climate laws, Argentina is backsliding on actions to tackle its greenhouse gas emissions as the country struggles to meet energy demand from a fast-growing middle class. Argentina's GDP grew 7.3 percent last year, driving demand for energy that is overwhelmingly derived ...

Peru leader set for key Asia trip

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala will set off this week on his first official trip to Asia, seeking to sell his country as an ideal hub for trade between Latin America and the Asia-Pacific.

Venezuela says Latin America should create human rights commission, exclude United States

Venezuela's top diplomat says Latin American nations should create their own regional human rights commission and exclude the United States as a means of preventing Washington from meddling in their domestic affairs.

Venezuela: Americas Must Create Own Rights Group

Venezuela says Latin America should create human rights commission, exclude United States

Argentina And Bolivia Are Right To Take Over Private Companies

While Europe forces yet more privatization on Greece and Spain under the Orwellian name of "liberalization", Latin America in 2012 is challenging the orthodox view that private always is better than public.

Latin America Opens Up to Equality

The Latin America-Caribbean region has more female heads of state and heads of government than any other area and a higher percentage of female members of parliament.

NII Holdings Launches the First Push-to-Talk (PTT) Android™ Smartphone in Peru

RESTON, Va., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  NII Holdings , Inc., [NASDAQ: NIHD], a provider of differentiated mobile communication services operating under the Nextel brand in Latin America, announced ...

Argentina's move to nationalize oil firm YPF highlights Spain's decline

Spain used to be one of the most powerful economic forces in Latin America, but now it's struggling to punish Argentina for nationalizing a Spanish-owned oil producer.

In Argentina's Oil, A Glimpse Of Latin America's Left

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced plans to nationalize an affiliate of a Spanish oil company, which delighted the left in her country. The move provides a peek at what emerging populists might look like in Latin America, just as older leftist leaders appear to be fading.