South America Politics News

Fifteen years after internal strife, rife with accusations of a historical genocide campaign, The Commonwealth of Nations welcomed the land-locked Rwanda, despite continuing concerns over human rights violations and harassment of journalists. In a meeting this week, Rwanda became the...

A plain-talking former leader of leftist guerrillas who once sought power through kidnappings and bombings is now the president-elect of Uruguay. Jose Mujica won more than 50 percent of the votes cast in a run-off election yesterday, according to exit...

Turnout was regarded as crucial for the legitimacy of the election results, after ousted president Manuel Zelaya had called on Hondurans to boycott the vote. Zelaya predicted that about 65 percent of voters would abstain. The first preliminary official results...