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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that Brazils participation in the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries is to convince nations to transition away from the use of...

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"To remove the coca leaf - the leaf, not cocaine - from the prohibited substances list." Mexico president takes aim at predecessor after U.S. court convicts drug czar MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said one of his predecessors, Felipe Calderon, should explain whether he knew a former top law enforcement official took bribes from the infamous Sinaloa Cartel. On Tuesday, a U.S. court convicted a former security official, Genaro Garcia Luna, on ...

Colombia police seize grenades, dozens of guns belonging to dissidents BOGOTA - Colombia's national police said on Monday they confiscated an arsenal of weapons, including guns, grenades and a machine gun belonging to dissidents from the now-disbanded FARC rebel group.

The latest in Latin American politics today: Mexico says it will uphold ties with Peru despite diplomatic spat MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday he would uphold diplomatic ties with Peru, a day after Lima announced that it was expelling the Mexican ambassador due his country's interference in Peru's domestic affairs. Lopez Obrador has repeatedly backed ousted Peruvian leader Pedro Castillo, angering Peru's new government, and officials sa...

Lopez Obrador has called Castillo the rightful president of Peru, even as he insists his foreign policy is dictated by non-intervention in the affairs of other states. First Quantum mulling all legal options after Panama orders halt at flagship mine Canada-based miner First Quantum Minerals said it is going through "all available legal means" after the Panamanian government ordered it to pause operations at its flagship copper mine over a payments dispute. The Cobre Panama mine is co...

Television and radio presenter Ciro Gomez Leyva said on Twitter two unidentified people on a motorcycle had shot at him around 200 meters (660 feet) from his home on Thursday night, and shared images of bullet impacts on the vehicle. Thanks to the vehicle's armor, he was still alive, he said.

The latest in Latin American politics today: Lula taps close ally as Brazil's next finance minister BRASILIA - When Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was barred from running for office four years ago, he turned to one of his most trusted allies to take up the banner of his Workers Party (PT) in the 2018 presidential race. Former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad became a household name during that failed campaign, but there was never any doubt who was pulling the PT's s...

Mexico detains more than 16,000 foreign migrants in four days MEXICO CITY - Mexico detained more than 16,000 migrants in a four-day span, including nearly 5,000 Venezuelans, the country's National Institute of Migration (INM) said Monday.