Chile is evacuating nearly half a million pigs from one of the largest meat processing plants in Latin America after the foul smell sparked riots.

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Thursday night’s Howard Theatre concert — one of only six stops on a mini-tour of the United States — was a rare stateside performance by Babasonicos. The Argentine rock band, which co-headlined Puerto Rico’s Indie Fest with psychedelic rockers MGMT last month, is accustomed to playing huge, sold-out venues in Latin America, and the audience of about 200 was treated to a (relatively) intimate show. Read full article > >

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Carlos Fuentes, one of the most famous Latin American authors, known for fiction and political essays, dies in Mexico at the age of 83.

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Carlos Fuentes, the politically engaged Mexican novelist and irrepressible bon vivant who stood at the forefront of Latin American letters for more than half a century, died May 15 at a hospital in Mexico City. He was 83. Read full article > >

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Frida Ghitis says President Obama shouldn't apologize for the Cartagena incident, but he should begin to take Latin America seriously

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Quite suddenly, whether intentional or not, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner became the standard-bearer of populist nationalism in Latin America when her country seized a Spanish oil company last week. Read full article > >

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Radical left at crossroads in Latin America

TAMPA — President Obama promoted hemispheric trade as essential to America’s economic future in a speech here Friday that foreshadowed his agenda for a weekend summit in Colombia. Heading to a meeting with the hemisphere’s heads of state, Obama told an audience of dock workers and business owners gathered at the Port of Tampa that Latin America and the Caribbean, a region that has weathered the global downturn better than most, are a market of huge opportunity for U.S. exports. Read full article > >

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Pope Benedict XVI has held an open-air Mass in the central Mexican city of Silao on his first visit to the Latin American country.

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Trip marks first visit to Latin America.

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Catholics from all over Latin America gathered in central Mexico on Friday, clogging roads, carrying rosary beads, and praying for a meaningful glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI.

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MEXICO CITY — Vatican officials say the pastoral visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and Cuba beginning this week has nothing to do with politics. But nobody in Latin America really believes it. In Mexico, the pope is expected to bolster a close Catholic ally, President Felipe Calderon, and his beleaguered ruling party, which is running behind in opinion polls on the upcoming elections. Read full article > >

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MEXICO CITY — Vatican officials say the pastoral visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and Cuba beginning this week has nothing to do with politics. But nobody in Latin America really believes it. In Mexico, the pope is expected to bolster a close Catholic ally, President Felipe Calderon, and his beleaguered ruling party, which is running behind in opinion polls on the upcoming elections. Read full article > >

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The UK is launching its strongest diplomatic offensive in Latin America for two centuries, Foreign Secretary William Hague says, on a visit to Brazil.

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The UK is launching its strongest diplomatic offensive in Latin America for two centuries, Foreign Secretary William Hague says, on a visit to Brazil.

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