The Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west. Being surrounded by these high profile drug trafficking countries, Ecuador always placed great emphasis on multilateral...

In recent weeks, the Brazilian government decided to work on the difficult task of building giant hydroelectric dams in the Amazon River. The project presents President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with a major challenge between his ambitious economic development plan based on large-scale infrastructure,...

Drug trafficking is bringing Mexican people an indescribable number of problems. Socially, politically and economically – the evil hand of drug trafficking is hampering at large. President Felipe Calderon may be the constitutionally elected leader of the nation, but in reality, drug cartels and...

Thousands of Mexican teachers on 18 July occupied the center of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca and demanded higher pay and the release of seven people who led a protest last year asking the local governor to step down.

Areas of coca cultivation grew in Peru and Bolivia last year but decreased in Colombia, a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said. 

Peruvian President Alan Garcia announced to take its dispute over maritime boundary with Chile to The International Court of Justice in The Hague. This move may cause a crack in the bilateral relation between the otherwise friendly countries.

The US government recently returned 412 pre-Colombian artifacts to Peruvian officials that were taken illegally from the Andean nation.

Sao Paulo's police recently arrested more than 2,400 people in a major anti-crime operation involving thousands of policemen. 18,217 civilian policemen, about 800 criminal experts from the Crime Institute, plus scores of military policemen took part in operation. They came down upon various auto...

Ecuador's Congress last week observed a debate over making Santa Elena, currently part of the coastal province Las Guayas, the 23rd province of the country.

Brazil's economic success shows no signs of any U-turn now. It is moving ahead. The recent reports published by the government shows that gross domestic product increased by 4.3% during the first quarter of 2007 compared to the same period last year, with the economy still on track to meet the government...