Cartagena: A prostitution scandal involving US security personnel in Colombia and an unprecedented regional push to end the isolation of Cuba threatened on Saturday to eclipse President Barack Obama's charm offensive to Latin America. In a major embarrassment for Washington at the Summit of the Americas attended by more than 30 heads of state, 11 US Secret Service agents were sent home and five military servicemen grounded over "misconduct" allegations...
09:56 AM, Apr 15, 2012
Caracas: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday his government will close its consulate in Miami after the US government expelled a diplomat. Chavez said his government has decided the consulate will shut its doors in what he called an "administrative closing" in response to the consul's expulsion by the US State Department. Livia Acosta Noguera, Venezuela's consul general in Miami, was ordered out of the US last weekend followed...
09:24 AM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: On the 107th birth anniversary of Nobel literature laureate Pablo Neruda, a leftist poet who died after the 1973 coup that ousted a socialist government, we pay tribute to some of his best works. Neruda, among Latin America's most renowned literary figures and an active Communist Party member, died of cancer on September 23, 1973 just days after then-president Salvador Allende was toppled and General Augusto Pinochet rose...
02:37 PM, Jul 12, 2011
New Delhi: Tata Motors has started sending its small car Nano to overseas markets, with shipment of 498 units in April this year and a formal announcement of starting exports of the 'people's car' is expected soon. According to figures released by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Monday, Tata Motors exported 498 units last month as compared to just a single unit in the corresponding month last year....
02:51 PM, May 09, 2011
New Delhi: When Latin American girls start wearing bindis, enquire about Indian superstars and Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan shoots a whole TV series in splendid Argentine locales, there is little doubt that entertainment ties between the two regions are flourishing. Shah Rukh's TV game show "Zor Ka Jhakta", which goes on air on Tuesday, is the latest to reaffirm these growing bonds. A team of 28 Indian TV and...
03:56 PM, Feb 01, 2011
Geneva: Latin America was the most dangerous region for the press in 2010, with 35 of the 105 worldwide murders of journalists occurring there, the Swiss-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said Monday. Mexico was the most dangerous country in the region, with 14 murders, a number similar to that of Pakistan. Next most dangerous was Honduras, with nine journalists killed in attacks on the press, and Iraq, with the same...
12:00 PM, Dec 28, 2010
Tata is planning this in partnership with Italian automaker Fiat. ...
07:07 PM, Jul 23, 2009
Foreign Secretary Menon is briefing India's neighbours. ...
04:38 PM, Jan 06, 2009
Dubai: England batsmen ruined the terrific job by seamers Stuart Broad and James Anderson to end up at 104-6 against Pakistan on a bowler-dominated opening day of the third Test on Friday. Broad bulldozed the top order with 4-36 and Anderson captured 3-35 to shoot out Pakistan for 99 but left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman grabbed 3-23 before the top-ranked team overhauled Pakistan's sixth lowest ever total against England. Captain Andrew...
03:43 PM, Apr 18, 2008
Colombo: Sri Lankan spinners won the toss and without any hesitation decided to bat first in their Group A match against Australia at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday. And the home side decided to go in with three spinners for Saturday's game. Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan retained their places, while left-arm spinner Rangana Herath replaced medium pacer Nuwan Kulasekara. Australia on the other hand kept the...
09:31 AM, Dec 26, 2007
TCS is close to acquiring Latin American firms for about Rs 200 cr. ...
09:08 PM, Jun 30, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI has blamed Marxism and unbridled capitalism for Latin America's problems. ...
02:04 PM, May 14, 2007
To overcome anti-American sentiment in Latin America George Bush has pledged goodwill and a fairer immigration policy. ...
10:19 PM, Mar 14, 2007
Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week. ...
01:27 PM, Mar 10, 2007
US President George W Bush and his left-wing nemesis Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez squared off on dueling tours of Latin America. ...
12:33 PM, Mar 10, 2007
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