PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — President Barack Obama on Sunday suggested Cuba release its political prisoners and strongly defended his highly publicized handshakes with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the end of overseas trip that he said heralded a new start in U.S. ties with Latin America.
A partial, unofficial tally by a citizens group and three exit polls said Correa garnered more than half the vote in an eight-candidate field, a result that would make him the first president elected in Ecuador in 30 years without a runoff.
The old Newt, it seems, is back. Not the wonky party eminence who talks about a 21st-century air traffic control system or health information technology or an expanded electric power grid.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wasn't the first to discover the book he gave to President Obama last week in an attempt to ease diplomatic tensions - college students in the U.S.
Love was in the air this afternoon on Capitol Hill. Some bipartisan love. No, it wasn't between President Obama and Rush Limbaugh. Today they proved they couldn't be any further apart.
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent On Saturday, April 18, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez publicly handed President Obama a copy.
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