FTA Worries Honduran Small Businesses
With the implementation of the US-sponsored FTA, Honduran micro, small and mid-sized business owners are deeply concerned they will become non-competitive and be pushed out of the market for lack of capital.

Mexican Remittances Equal Oil Income
Money sent by Mexican emigrants to their homeland reached 5.19 billion dollars, an amount similar to that by Mexican oil profits and more than direct foreign investment or international tourism.

Peru calls on OAS to rule on Venezuela's interference in election
Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo asked the Organization of American States (OAS) on Monday to give a ruling on Venezuela's interference in Peru's election, local media reported.

Bolivian president thanks Chirac for support for gas nationalization
Bolivian President Evo Morales thanked his French counterpart Jacques Chirac on Monday for his support for Bolivia's nationalization of fossil fuel resources, and invited him to visit the opening of the Constituent Assembly, reports reaching here said.

Argentine president announces military reforms
Argentine President Nestor Kirchner on Monday announced reforms to the national defense system and to the country's armed forces.