Argentine oil company YPF, a unit of Spain's Repsol-YPF, announced Wednesday that its investments in the South American country rose last year by 50 percent to a record 13.3 billion pesos ($3.06...

Quito, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez said that the commemoration of the 100 years of the murder of Ecuadorian General Eloy Alfaro by groups of power of that time,...

Caracas, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) More than 22 000 young Venezuelans are working as volunteers with plans for prevention of early pregnancy, against drugs and for the promotion of culture and sport in...

Havana, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Colombian Foreign Minister, Maria Angela Holguin, on Wednesday ratified her country´s support to Cuba in the fight against U.S. economic, trade and financial...

Havana, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) The foreign minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, and Colombia, Maria Angela Holguin, agreed on Wednesday here to commit to increase the potential of bilateral...

Espaol (IPYS-Venezuela/IFEX) - On February 3, 2012 six men attacked a group of journalists seeking information pertaining to the killing of a 16-year old girl. This happened outside of the Ave de...

NEW YORK — Oil prices climbed to near $99 per barrel Wednesday following government reports that U.S. supplies didn't grow as much as expected last week. Benchmark U.S. crude rose by 30...

Rafael Correa after finding them guilty of defamation for reporting on contracts the president’s brother was accused of having with the state. Judge Mercedes Portilla levied the fines against...

Guess what? The division made popular by Sugar Ray Robinson more than a half century ago suddenly is getting interesting again. Sergio Martinez has dominated the 160-pound class the past two years as...

Crude oil prices extended gains this morning as traders reacted to a forecast that global demand was set to grow and hopes for a Greek debt deal. US crude jumped $1.06 to $99.47 a barrel and Brent...

The last of Colombia's paramilitary leaders were captured in Venezuela, marking the end for a group that dominated Colombia's drug trade, writes guest blogger Jeremy...

Opposition leader Henrique Capriles is heading into Venezuela's first opposition primary warning that Hugo Chavez's foes must choose a strong candidate if they want to win back the...

(MENAFN) Venezuela's Central Bank said that annual inflation rate dropped to 26 percent in January, compared with 27.6 percent at the end of 2011, reported AP.The bank added that last...

Crude oil prices extended gains on Wednesday as traders reacted to a forecast that global demand is set to grow and hopes for a Greek debt deal, analysts said. New York's main contract, West...

Caracas, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Minister of Petroleum and Mining and president of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (Pdvsa) Rafael Ramirez has announced that Venezuela will invest $236 billion USD in the...

The price for a barrel of crude oil rose Tuesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, adding 42 cents to reach $98.83 per barrel. Home heating oil shed 0.27 cents to $3.1882 a gallon. Reformulated...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Henrique Capriles is heading into Venezuela's first opposition primary warning that Hugo Chavez's foes must choose a strong candidate if...

Brent North Sea crude for March delivery was down 19 cents to $116.04 in the afternoon. "Crude prices have made gains with the EIA forecast of a growth in oil consumption and hopes of a solution...

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said Tuesday that Argentina would formally complain to the United Nations Security Council that Britain has created a serious security risk by...

Caracas, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Authorities of the Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigation Office (CICPC) of Venezuela captured an organization dedicated to international drug trafficking and...

February 7, 2012 The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today recalled that in April 2009, ';at the conclusion of the Fifth Summit of...

The sister of former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning says her hospitalized brother is recovering well from a stroke suffered earlier this...

Espaol (IPYS-Venezuela/IFEX) - On January 28, 2012, Alberto Rodrguez, director of online weekly newspaper 6to Poder reported that his Twitter account was attacked after he posted pictures on his...

Central Bank says monthly inflation of 1.5 percent in January was the lowest rate the country has experienced in eight months.Annual inflation was down from 27.6 percent at the end of 2011.The...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Outmatched time and again at the polls by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan's opposition leaders are trying a new strategy to unseat the populist leader this year,...

Hector Buitrago Parada, known as 'Martin Llanos', and his brother Nelson Orlando Buitrago Parada, known as 'Caballo' (Horse), who are believed to be the leaders of a rightwing...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad's former Prime Minister Patrick Manning has been airlifted to Walter Reed Medical Center in the United States for treatment following a stroke....

Trinidad's former Prime Minister Patrick Manning has been airlifted to Walter Reed Medical Center in the United States for treatment following a stroke. Spokeswoman Wendy Lewis said Tuesday...

By msnbc.com staff SAN FRANCISCO, Colombia -- A farmer hopes his hen's enormous egg will make it into the record books.The farmer's daughter got a real surprise recently when she found the...

Petro Vista Energy Corp. announced that its wholly-owned Barbados subsidiary, Petro Vista Energy Colombia (Barbados) Corp. ("PTV Barbados"), has completed the sale (the...

Caracas, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela is on track to reach 20 million voters this year with a view to the coming elections of October 7, said on Tuesday Sandra Oblitas, vice president of the...

Bogota, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Citizens of the Colombian department of Nariño started a civic strike on Tuesday to bring the government's attention to the violence and neglect prevailing...

Assailants in pickup trucks fired homemade mortars at a police station in this western town Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding more than 20, the regional police chief...

NEW YORK -- Oil prices climbed nearly 2 percent Tuesday after Iran again threatened to cut off supplies to Europe.Iranian lawmakers are pushing a plan to halt crude exports crude to Europe before...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan health authorities are investigating the deaths of 11 newborns within four days at a single public hospital.Regional health officer Angel Melchor says the babies...