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Peruvian president-elect Ollanta Humala says he wants to deepen Latin American integration and sees the US as a “strategic partner”.

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Peru’s Humala sets out priorities

Across Latin America, people are raising concerns about Chavez’s governing style and Venezuela’s dwindling oil economy. Read full article > >

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Hugo Chavez’s waning influence

Police in south-east Mexico find more than 500 migrants from across Latin America and Asia crammed into two US-bound trucks.

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Mexico discovers truck migrants

Foreign investment in Latin America grew by about 40% in 2010, with China the fastest growing investor, a UN study says.

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China ‘powers LatAm investment’

Foreign investment in Latin America grew by about 40% in 2010, with China the fastest growing investor, a UN study says.

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China ‘powers LatAm investment’

US President Barack Obama arrives El Salvador on the final leg of his five-day trip to Latin America.

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Obama’s tour reaches El Salvador

President Barack Obama hails Latin America’s dynamism, and calls for a new relationship based on equal partnership.

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Obama hails Latin America advance

President Obama lauded Latin America’s democracies in a speech here on Monday, casting them as example for countries around the world.

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Obama lauds Latin American democracies, defends Libya action during Chile visit

US President Barack Obama is set to speak in Rio de Janeiro and visit a shantytown as he continues a Latin America trip to bolster US influence.

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Obama set to take in Rio sights

The U.S. Postal Service is releasing several new stamps that commemorate Latin performers.

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New Forever stamps honor Latin music legends

Pinewood Shepperton is to open film studios in the Dominican Republic to serve Latin America, it has announced.

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Pinewood to open in Latin America

Let us begin with a “defining moment,” courtesy of the Oxford World Dictionary: Commissariat (kɒmɪˈsɛːrɪət) Definition: chiefly Military department for the supply of food and equipment. Origin: late 16th century (as a Scots legal term denoting the jurisdiction of a commissary, often spelled commissariot): from French commissariat, reinforced by medieval Latin commissariatus, both from medieval Latin commissarius ‘person in charge’, from Latin committere ‘entrust’ read more

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Walmart, Food Deserts and Genuine Sovereignty

China Petrochemical Corporation bought Occidental Petroleum’s Argentina operations, capping close to $15 US billion of Chinese foreign investment in Latin America for 2010. In addition to this new source of foreign investment, China has become a new export market for Latin America. read more

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Latin America’s China Challenge

• Iran’s influence in Latin America, serious threat or paper tiger? • Rumors of Iran’s involvement have been greatly overstated read more

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Bienvenido Señor Ahmadinejad: Tehran’s Expanding Latin American Grid