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| Wash Post South America
The Washington Post provides the latest information and analysis of breaking South America news stories.
With a crisis in Libya competing for his time, President Obama stuck to the agenda of his state tour of Brazil, arriving Sunday morning in a once-notorious slum that Brazilian officials now hold up as a symbol of a rejuvenated country.
When President Obama arrives in the tiny nation of El Salvador this week to talk about security and poverty, he will stand at a crossroads of arms, drug and human trafficking, where homicide rates are soaring and weak governments are struggling without much help against powerful transnational mafias
With a crisis in Libya competing for his time, President Obama sticks to the agenda of his state tour of Brazil.
The White House said the president can monitor outside situations during the long-planned trip.
President Obama opted not to cancel his long-planned trip in the wake of the earthquake in Japan.
He arrives for a two-day state visit before flying to Chile, then El Salvador.
CARACAS, Venezuela - As Moammar Gadhafi finds himself increasingly isolated internationally, he still has at least a few friends far away.
Moammar Gaddafi is hunkered down, some once-loyal aides have abandoned him for the rebel side and President Obama and other leaders are demanding he step down.
USHUAIA, ARGENTINA - Here at the end of the Earth, just 600 miles from Antarctica, tourists hike over glaciers and flock to rocky beaches to photograph penguins and 700-pound sea lions.
With peace talks with Israel frozen, the Palestinian Authority is now focusing on using the momentum from South America, where eight countries recognized Palestinian statehood in December and January, to win recognition in Europe. Palestinian diplomats contend that would provide a critical mass of s
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