Read more Latin America stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/235/latin-america.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:30:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73678/chavez-masses-troops-at-colombia-border.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHugo Chavez has told the Venezuelan people to "prepare for war" and ordered 15,000 troops to the Colombian border. The leader told his soldiers to "defend this sacred nation called Venezuela," and accused Colombia of conspiring with the US to invade and grab the country's oil reserves. Colombia plans...http://www.newser.com/story/73678/chavez-masses-troops-at-colombia-border.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 2:15:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72926/honduras-ousted-prez-returning-to-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHonduras' 4-month political standoff appears to be over. After intense lobbying from US diplomats, the coup-installed interim president, Roberto Micheletti, has agreed to allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return to office to serve his remaining 3 months. Congress, which backed the June coup that sent Zelaya packing, is expected...http://www.newser.com/story/72926/honduras-ousted-prez-returning-to-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 7:54:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72535/castro-sister-i-worked-with-cia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe sister of Fidel and Raúl Castro worked with the CIA in the 1960s, while the agency was planning to assassinate Fidel and overthrow the revolutionary government. In a new book, Juanita Castro, who now lives in Miami, reveals that she hid opponents of her brothers' regime in her home...http://www.newser.com/story/72535/castro-sister-i-worked-with-cia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 9:14:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71029/two-pilots-face-extradition-in-dirty-war-death-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo Argentines charged with piloting notorious "death flights" during the country's brutal military dictatorship are facing extradition. The pilots, one arrested in Argentina and the other in Spain, are accused of flying the flights from which more than 1,000 drugged and blindfolded students, intellectuals, and trade unionists were hurled...http://www.newser.com/story/71029/two-pilots-face-extradition-in-dirty-war-death-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 5:23:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70920/voice-of-latin-america-mercedes-sosa-dead-at-74.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMercedes Sosa, the Argentine folk singer who became a powerful voice of resistance to authoritarian Latin American regimes, died today in Buenos Aires. A leading light of the "nueva canción" (new song) movement that pushed for social justice in the 1960s and '70s, Sosa was 74. "It's hard to overestimate...http://www.newser.com/story/70920/voice-of-latin-america-mercedes-sosa-dead-at-74.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Oct 2009 14:31:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70272/chavez-dreamed-of-playing-in-yankee-stadium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHugo Chavez is fond of Americans and their culture even if their last president did try to have him killed, he told Larry King yesterday. The usually pugnacious Venezuelan president said he used to dream of playing baseball in Yankee Stadium and is a big fan of Walt Whitman and...http://www.newser.com/story/70272/chavez-dreamed-of-playing-in-yankee-stadium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 8:26:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70075/honduras-barricades-zelaya-cuts-off-water-electricity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSecurity forces in Honduras barricaded ousted president Manuel Zelaya inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa overnight, cutting off water, electricity, and telephone service to the building. Zelaya and about 70 other people are enduring a de facto siege, reports the Guardian ; troops are stationed on nearby rooftops, speakers are blasting...http://www.newser.com/story/70075/honduras-barricades-zelaya-cuts-off-water-electricity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 7:05:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69020/salvador-cop-gangsters-busted-in-filmmakers-murder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEl Salvador has arrested four gang members and a police officer for last week's murder of French photojournalist and filmmaker Christian Poveda, CNN reports. Another man who allegedly ordered the killing is already in prison, authorities say. The gangsters belong to the same Mara 18 gang that was the subject...http://www.newser.com/story/69020/salvador-cop-gangsters-busted-in-filmmakers-murder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 5:06:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69015/uruguay-legalizes-gay-adoption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUruguay's senate has approved the first law in Latin America allowing gay and lesbian couples to adopt children, AFP reports. The bill, backed by leftist President Tabare Vazquez, passed despite fierce objections from the Catholic church and right-wing politicians. Uruguay, traditionally much more liberal than other countries in the region,...http://www.newser.com/story/69015/uruguay-legalizes-gay-adoption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 1:48:00 CDT