1. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum participates in a Republican Party presidential debate hosted by NBC News in Tampa, Florida, January 23, 2012 (Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)

    Republican Chastises Obama’s Latin America Policy

    Rick Santorum accused the president of “siding with the Marxists” in Central and South America.

  1. Port facilities near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 2, 2008 (Jim Skea)

    Latin America, Riding The Commodity Boom

    Even South American nations that are hostile to freer trade are witnessing economic expansion thanks to globalization.

  1. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran arrives at Caracas airport, Venezuela, January 8, 2012

    Iran’s Latin American “Alliance” is a Joke

    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran looks for allies across the Atlantic this week but finds very few friends there.

  1. Enrique Peña Nieto, presidential candidate for Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party, October 24, 2011

    Mexico’s Peña Looks Certain to Win Presidency

    The candidate for Mexico’s once ruling party looks certain to win July’s election if the opposition fails to unite.

  1. HMS Vanguard arrives back at Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol, November 29, 2010

    “Nuclear Submarine Should Be Sent to Falklands”

    The former head of the Royal Navy suggested that Britain dispatched a submarine to bolster its claims to Falklands sovereignty.