http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/region/latin_america/The latest news, analysis and reporting about Latin America from the Online NewsHour and its Web site, the feed is updated periodically with interviews, background reports and updates to put the news in a larger context.en-usMon, 23 Nov 2009 17:55:41Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:55:41Copyright ©2009 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. All Rights Reserved.144144http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/rss/promo_rss.jpghttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras_11-23.htmlMon, 23 Nov 2009 16:30:00 ESTPresidential elections this Sunday give Hondurans a chance to vote on their next leader, but may do little to clear up the political crisis that has gripped the small Central American country for five months.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras_11-06.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2009 10:20:00 ESTA U.S.-brokered deal meant to mend the political crisis in Honduras by forming a unity government has fallen apart, ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Friday.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras_10-30.htmlFri, 30 Oct 2009 11:30:00 ESTRepresentatives of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and his rival, interim President Roberto Micheletti, signed an agreement late Thursday that could lead toward reinstating Zelaya four months after he was forcibly removed by the military.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/brazil_10-21.htmlWed, 21 Oct 2009 17:30:00 ESTA firefight between drug gangs and the downing of a police helicopter in Rio de Janeiro last weekend heightened concerns about the city hosting the Olympic Games in 2016. Seth Kugel of GlobalPost provides an update in this Reporter's Podcast.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras_10-20.htmlTue, 20 Oct 2009 10:15:00 ESTMarcelo Ballve of New America Media has been reporting in Honduras on efforts to resolve political turmoil over the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya. In this dispatch, he explores the roots of the opposition to Zelaya's governance.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras_10-16.htmlFri, 16 Oct 2009 18:44:00 ESTWith presidential elections just weeks away, negotiators in Honduras continue to work on an agreement that would temporarily return ousted president Manuel Zelaya to power. Ray Suarez reports. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras-rep_10-15.htmlThu, 15 Oct 2009 17:30:00 ESTThe news that Honduras qualified for next year's World Cup brought a welcome respite from the country's recent political unrest -- but just briefly. Marcelo Ballve of New America Media reports from the capital Tegucigalpa.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/10/gustavo-santaolalla-making-music-for-both-stage-and-screen.htmlWed, 14 Oct 2009 11:49:28 ESTThe first thing Argentine musician Gustavo Santaolalla wants people to know about him is that he is an artist: one who works with a guitar rather than an easel. The 57-year-old has spent the last four decades recording, producing and composing music for his various labels, bands and movies. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras2_10-13.htmlTue, 13 Oct 2009 18:49:00 ESTMore than three months after a coup removed him from office, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and his rival, interim President Roberto Micheletti, remain at loggerheads. Ray Suarez speaks with Marcelo Ballve of New America Media about the situation.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras1_10-13.htmlTue, 13 Oct 2009 18:42:00 ESTWith presidential elections just weeks away, diplomats are struggling to resolve the standoff in Honduras between deposed president Manuel Zelaya, and his ouster, Roberto Micheletti. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/zelaya_10-13.htmlTue, 13 Oct 2009 12:15:00 ESTManuel Zelaya, who Hondurans elected president in 2005, has now been out of office for more than 100 days. Marcelo Ballve of New America Media spoke with him Monday night in the Brazilian Embassy there, where the deposed leader has taken refuge.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras-rep_10-12.htmlMon, 12 Oct 2009 17:30:00 ESTHonduras' political crisis deepened this week as negotiators for ousted President Manuel Zelaya and interim President Roberto Micheletti prepared to resume talks Tuesday, and candidates revved up for elections without a political solution in sight.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras-rep_10-10.htmlSat, 10 Oct 2009 11:30:00 ESTIn late June, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in the middle of the night by an opposition angered by his efforts to extend presidential terms. Marcelo Ballve of New America Media reports from Honduras on tensions within the country.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/olympics_10-02.htmlFri, 02 Oct 2009 13:27:00 ESTChicago's Olympic hopes were dashed Friday when it was eliminated in the first round of voting for the 2016 host city, following a star-studded bid that featured personal appeals by President Barack Obama, the first lady and Oprah Winfrey.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/09/post.htmlTue, 29 Sep 2009 17:27:15 ESTA multimedia exhibition from Norwegian photographer Jonas Bendiksen on display at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., documents the experiences of families living in unplanned, off-the-grid slums in Nairobi, Mumbai, Caracas and Jakarta.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/international/july-dec09/un_nuclear_09-24.htmlThu, 24 Sep 2009 11:32:00 ESTThe U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-sponsored resolution Thursday aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec09/lulafull_09-24.htmlThu, 24 Sep 2009 10:00:00 ESTIn an interview with Paul Solman from the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva clarifies his infamous remarks on 'blue-eyed' bankers and weighs in on where emerging markets like Brazil fit in the global economy. Read the full version of their conversation here.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/international/july-dec09/obama_un_09-23.htmlWed, 23 Sep 2009 11:11:00 ESTIn his first address to the U.N. General Assembly, President Barack Obama bluntly said world leaders who once accused the United States of acting alone must now join with him to solve global crises rather than "wait for America" to lead.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/north_america/july-dec09/other_09-21.htmlMon, 21 Sep 2009 18:19:00 ESTIn other news, Manuel Zelaya, the deposed president of Honduras, announced Monday he has returned to the country, and AIG repaid the federal government $60 billion.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/09/conversation-the-life-work-of-clarice-lispecter.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2009 10:42:59 ESTA major literary celebrity in Brazil, Clarice Lispecter's work ran the gamut from articles in women's magazines to compelling, philosophical novels. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras_09-03.htmlThu, 03 Sep 2009 18:39:00 ESTWith less than three months until presidential elections in Honduras, the White House is running out of time to resolve a coup that resulted in the ouster of the nation's now deposed president, Manuel Zelaya. The dispute has also strained U.S.-Honduran ties.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/zelaya_09-03.htmlThu, 03 Sep 2009 17:30:00 ESTAfter meeting with exiled President Manuel Zelaya on Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the termination of millions of dollars in non-humanitarian aid to Honduras that had been suspended after Zelaya was deposed in June.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/july-dec09/colombiapod_09-02.htmlWed, 02 Sep 2009 17:30:00 ESTAn agreement that would give U.S. troops access to bases in Colombia stirred fiery opposition at a summit of South American leaders over the weekend. NewsHour senior producer of foreign affairs Michael Mosettig gets two perspectives in this report.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/08/weekly-poem-physical-portrait-retrato-fisico.htmlMon, 24 Aug 2009 12:14:14 ESTCecilia Vicuna's visual work has been exihibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art and MoMA. She is also co-editor of the Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry, which was published this month.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/peru_08-21.htmlFri, 21 Aug 2009 16:05:00 ESTA dispute over oil and logging development in the Peruvian Amazon, which at times has erupted into violent protests, has also spurred an organization of indigenous Amazonian communities not previously seen in Peruvian politics.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec09/venezuela_08-07.htmlFri, 07 Aug 2009 10:30:00 ESTThe ongoing tug-of-war between Venezuela's government and private media organizations has flared anew with the recent decision by President Hugo Chavez's administration to revoke the licenses of dozens of radio stations.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras2_07-06.htmlMon, 06 Jul 2009 18:20:00 ESTAmid continuing protests in support of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, diplomats are attempting to negotiate a peaceful resolution with the country's new leader. A New York Times reporter gives an update on the situation.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras1_07-06.htmlMon, 06 Jul 2009 18:18:00 ESTGwen Ifill reports on the ongoing political standoff in Honduras, where protests continued following the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, who made an unsuccessful attempt to return Sunday.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec09/honduras2_07-02.htmlThu, 02 Jul 2009 18:36:00 ESTIn Honduras, the controversy grows over the question: was the presidential ouster a classic coup, or simply an attempt to uphold the Constitution? Experts debate over the issues.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/july-dec09/honduras1_07-02.htmlThu, 02 Jul 2009 18:33:00 ESTSupporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya took to the streets of Tegucigalpa, as the new president began appointing Cabinet members and boosted efforts to maintain order.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/jan-june09/honduras_06-30.htmlTue, 30 Jun 2009 11:00:00 ESTOusted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Tuesday that he would return to the capital of Tegucigalpa Thursday, as the country's interim government continued to battle street protestors supporting Zelaya.