Miami Herald - Estados Unidos

The U.S. special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, denied that the United States is willing to engage in talks with Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, during remarks in which he defended current U.S. actions towards the South American nation.

Two new world rankings of competitiveness bear bad news for Latin America: The region is increasingly less attractive to foreign investors, they show. And the presidents of Mexico, Brazil and Argentina are making a bad situation worse.

15/11 - 16:57 - Bolivia’s caretaker government isn’t wasting any time overhauling its foreign policy, announcing Friday that it will expel hundreds of Cuban officials and break ties with longtime ally Venezuela.

Violent protests continued to grip Haiti on Monday, as the international community urged opponents of Jovenel Moïse to enter into a dialogue with the president, who hasn’t been seen or heard from since Wednesday.

04/09 - 17:40 - Ivanka Trump met with aides to Venezuelan National Assembly President Juan Guaidó in Colombia on Wednesday to underscore support for a “democratic transition in Venezuela” and offer $120 million in U.S. assistance to neighboring countries under strain from a refugee crisis.

Venezuela’s congress on Tuesday unanimously approved rejoining a hemispheric mutual defense agreement that some hope will open the doors for a military solution to the deep political crisis that has two men claiming to be the country’s sole leader.

26/06 - 12:58 - Four suspected members of the Islamic State were arrested when they crossed the border from Costa Rica into Nicaragua, according to the Nicaraguan National Police.

Iran's foreign minister on Thursday said sanctions imposed by the Trump administration are "unacceptable" but that his country is committed to an international nuclear deal that has steadily unraveled amid rising tensions.

10/05 - 12:32 - President Donald Trump's foreign policy challenges are mounting around the world, showing the limits of his self-touted ability to make a deal and perhaps the difficulty of focusing primarily on domestic concerns for his "America first" administration.