Topic: Organization of American States

Latin America Monitor Summit of the Americas standoff: Cuba wants in

President Obama could take the high road and allow Cuban President Raul Castro to observe the Summit of the America's in Cartagena, writes guest blogger Anya Landau French.

Latin America Monitor Ecuador's President Correa sues newspaper and is blamed for killing free speech

State of the world: Global gender gap narrows

A year of drift in US-Latin American relations

Ex-foes Peru and Ecuador partner against a scourge of war: land mines

How Mexico's drug war also prevents positive news from being reported

In Venezuela, top Chávez rival sounds confident note after key court victory

Opinion Guatemala elections and drug cartels – also a risk for America

Teen killer's light sentence dismays a violence-weary Mexico

An early warning system for Latin American coups?

Opinion Democracy's demise in Latin America: Ecuador on brink of a 'perfect dictatorship'

Michel 'Sweet Micky' Martelly advances in Haiti election over president's pick

Hillary Clinton presses Haiti's René Préval to break election stalemate

Why 'Baby Doc' Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti: 5 theories

Haiti's political twist: Former dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier shows up

Hugo Chávez tightens his grip in Venezuela. Can US do anything about it?

Why Nicaragua and Costa Rica are in a tense standoff over a remote swamp

Haitian stability threatened in wake of contested presidential election

Ecuador coup attempt shows fragility of Latin American democracy

Ecuador coup attempt? President Rafael Correa attacked in police revolt.

Haiti election commission under scrutiny for ties to President René Préval

Opinion Haiti presidential election: justice on the line

Wyclef Jean's disqualification signals Haiti diaspora not welcome in politics

Nicaraguans say US turns blind eye to abuses of Daniel Ortega

First move for Colombia's Santos: Reconcile with Venezuela's Chávez