By Voice Of America | On July 4, 2007 | In Americas | Rated 
A human-rights group is denouncing El Salvador for failing to investigate last July's killing of two elderly political activists.
By Voice Of America | On July 4, 2007 | In Americas | Rated
A government spokesman for Argentine President Nestor Kirchner says he will not seek re-election, and his wife will run instead as the ruling coalition's presidential candidate.
By Voice Of America | On July 4, 2007 | In Americas | Rated
US President George W Bush has commuted the prison sentence of former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby, saying the 30-month prison term imposed on him for lying to federal investigators in the CIA leak case was "excessive".
By Voice Of America | On July 4, 2007 | In Americas | Rated
Candidates in the 2008 US Presidential election are flocking to the state of Iowa to attend 4th July events.
By Voice Of America | On July 3, 2007 | In Americas | Rated
The U.S. Embassy in Bogota is warning Americans to avoid the Colombian tourist town of Melgar, saying leftist rebels may be planning to target them there.
By Voice Of America | On July 3, 2007 | In Americas | Rated
During the past month, tens of thousands of Venezuelan students have led massive demonstrations protesting President Hugo Chavez' decision to shut down the country's most popular private television station. VOA's Michael Bowman recently visited Caracas' largest university, which serves as a bastion of debate and student activism.
By Voice Of America | On July 3, 2007 | In Americas | Rated
Cuba's National Assembly has passed a resolution that accuses the Bush administration of wanting to eliminate Fidel Castro.
By Voice Of America | On July 3, 2007 | In Americas | Rated
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has accused leftist rebels of killing 11 kidnapped lawmakers, denying rebel claims the hostages died in the crossfire of a military attack.
By Voice Of America | On July 3, 2007 | In Americas | Rated
After successful careers in the sportswear business, Doug and Kristine Tompkins set out with a passion to preserve the some of the world's last remaining wild places. Today they are among the largest landholders in the southern hemisphere. Paul Sisco reports.
By Voice Of America | On July 3, 2007 | In Americas | Rated
The United Nations has put Ecuador's Galapagos Islands on its list of endangered places.
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