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Includes news coverage from Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Venezuela.</description><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright 2012 Washington Post Company</copyright><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:56:43 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:56:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>The Americas News: News and Headlines from Canada, South America &amp; More - The Washington Post</title><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas?wprss=rss_americas</link></image><item><title>Jorge Rafael Videla, ruthless Argentine junta leader, dies at 87</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2c0f5318/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cjorge0Erafael0Evidela0Eargentine0Ejunta0Eleader0Edies0Eat0E870C20A130C0A50C170Cf22ae8d0A0E2f5c0E11e20Ea30Ae0E5ca76eeec8570Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Jorge Rafael Videla, the remorseless Argentine army commander who came to power in a coup that launched the most barbaric period of the country’s modern history, including thousands of extrajudicial killings and kidnappings, died May 17 at a prison near Buenos Aires. He was 87.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/jorge-rafael-videla-argentine-junta-leader-dies-at-87/2013/05/17/f22ae8d0-2f5c-11e2-a30e-5ca76eeec857_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2c0f5318/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fjorge-rafael-videla-argentine-junta-leader-dies-at-87%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Ff22ae8d0-2f5c-11e2-a30e-5ca76eeec857_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Jorge+Rafael+Videla%2C+ruthless+Argentine+junta+leader%2C+dies+at+87" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fjorge-rafael-videla-argentine-junta-leader-dies-at-87%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Ff22ae8d0-2f5c-11e2-a30e-5ca76eeec857_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Jorge+Rafael+Videla%2C+ruthless+Argentine+junta+leader%2C+dies+at+87" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fjorge-rafael-videla-argentine-junta-leader-dies-at-87%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Ff22ae8d0-2f5c-11e2-a30e-5ca76eeec857_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Jorge+Rafael+Videla%2C+ruthless+Argentine+junta+leader%2C+dies+at+87" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fjorge-rafael-videla-argentine-junta-leader-dies-at-87%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Ff22ae8d0-2f5c-11e2-a30e-5ca76eeec857_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Jorge+Rafael+Videla%2C+ruthless+Argentine+junta+leader%2C+dies+at+87" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fjorge-rafael-videla-argentine-junta-leader-dies-at-87%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Ff22ae8d0-2f5c-11e2-a30e-5ca76eeec857_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Jorge+Rafael+Videla%2C+ruthless+Argentine+junta+leader%2C+dies+at+87" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664750391/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2c0f5318/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664750391/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2c0f5318/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664750391/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2c0f5318/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Cristina</category><category domain="">International Monetary Fund</category><category domain="">human rights</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/jorge-rafael-videla-argentine-junta-leader-dies-at-87/2013/05/17/f22ae8d0-2f5c-11e2-a30e-5ca76eeec857_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Adam Bernstein</dc:creator></item><item><title>Maligned dollar flourishes in Venezuela</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2c0e8f6e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cmaligned0Edollar0Eflourishes0Ein0Evenezuela0C20A130C0A50C160C7ce637fc0Ebdbc0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;CARACAS, Venezuela — The once-almighty U.S. dollar has lost its luster in some corners of the world.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;But there’s one outpost where greenbacks have never been stronger: in socialist, anti-imperialist Venezuela, whose government rails against American-style capitalism as the bane of humanity. The dollar is not just holding steady here — it is flourishing like nowhere else, the byproduct of the fast-wilting economy President Hugo Chavez left behind when &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hugo-chavez-passionate-but-polarizing-venezuelan-president-dead-at-58/2013/03/05/42525790-afdd-11e0-90e1-c12867691ae6_story.html"&gt;he died in March&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/maligned-dollar-flourishes-in-venezuela/2013/05/16/7ce637fc-bdbc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2c0e8f6e/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fmaligned-dollar-flourishes-in-venezuela%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F7ce637fc-bdbc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Maligned+dollar+flourishes+in+Venezuela" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fmaligned-dollar-flourishes-in-venezuela%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F7ce637fc-bdbc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Maligned+dollar+flourishes+in+Venezuela" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fmaligned-dollar-flourishes-in-venezuela%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F7ce637fc-bdbc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Maligned+dollar+flourishes+in+Venezuela" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fmaligned-dollar-flourishes-in-venezuela%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F7ce637fc-bdbc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Maligned+dollar+flourishes+in+Venezuela" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fmaligned-dollar-flourishes-in-venezuela%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F7ce637fc-bdbc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Maligned+dollar+flourishes+in+Venezuela" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664811980/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2c0e8f6e/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664811980/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2c0e8f6e/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664811980/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2c0e8f6e/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Fernando</category><category domain="">drug companies</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:26:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/maligned-dollar-flourishes-in-venezuela/2013/05/16/7ce637fc-bdbc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Juan Forero</dc:creator></item><item><title>Uruguay’s Mujica talks up Brazil ties</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2c03cc18/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Curuguays0Emujica0Etalks0Eup0Ebrazil0Eties0C20A130C0A50C160C22e7bdec0Ebe3f0E11e20E89c90E3be80A95fe7670Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — It is clear where Jose Mujica’s priorities lie. And they are not across the River Plate.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;After a spot of morning work on his tractor, the maverick Uruguayan president dismisses Argentina as “very, very, very closed in on itself, very 1960s-ish.” The former leftist guerrilla then lauds his northern neighbor, Brazil, for “knowing what it wants and going for it.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/uruguays-mujica-talks-up-brazil-ties/2013/05/16/22e7bdec-be3f-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2c03cc18/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Furuguays-mujica-talks-up-brazil-ties%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F22e7bdec-be3f-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Uruguay%E2%80%99s+Mujica+talks+up+Brazil+ties" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Furuguays-mujica-talks-up-brazil-ties%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F22e7bdec-be3f-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Uruguay%E2%80%99s+Mujica+talks+up+Brazil+ties" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Furuguays-mujica-talks-up-brazil-ties%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F22e7bdec-be3f-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Uruguay%E2%80%99s+Mujica+talks+up+Brazil+ties" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Furuguays-mujica-talks-up-brazil-ties%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F22e7bdec-be3f-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Uruguay%E2%80%99s+Mujica+talks+up+Brazil+ties" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Furuguays-mujica-talks-up-brazil-ties%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F22e7bdec-be3f-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Uruguay%E2%80%99s+Mujica+talks+up+Brazil+ties" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664681607/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2c03cc18/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664681607/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2c03cc18/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664681607/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2c03cc18/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/uruguays-mujica-talks-up-brazil-ties/2013/05/16/22e7bdec-be3f-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Jude Webber</dc:creator></item><item><title>Colombian rebels recruit child fighters even as they negotiate to end conflict</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2bf250ea/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Ccolombian0Erebels0Erecruiting0Echild0Efighters0Eeven0Eas0Ethey0Enegotiate0Eto0Eend0Econflict0C20A130C0A50C140C60A0A520A820Eb8420E11e20Eb5680E6917f6ac6d9d0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;CALI, Colombia — Colombia’s largest rebel organization has stepped up the recruitment of children to boost its weakened fighting units even as it talks peace with the government, according to child welfare workers, officials and community leaders. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/colombian-rebels-recruiting-child-fighters-even-as-they-negotiate-to-end-conflict/2013/05/14/60052082-b842-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2bf250ea/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fcolombian-rebels-recruiting-child-fighters-even-as-they-negotiate-to-end-conflict%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F60052082-b842-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Colombian+rebels+recruit+child+fighters+even+as+they+negotiate+to+end+conflict" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fcolombian-rebels-recruiting-child-fighters-even-as-they-negotiate-to-end-conflict%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F60052082-b842-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Colombian+rebels+recruit+child+fighters+even+as+they+negotiate+to+end+conflict" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fcolombian-rebels-recruiting-child-fighters-even-as-they-negotiate-to-end-conflict%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F60052082-b842-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Colombian+rebels+recruit+child+fighters+even+as+they+negotiate+to+end+conflict" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fcolombian-rebels-recruiting-child-fighters-even-as-they-negotiate-to-end-conflict%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F60052082-b842-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Colombian+rebels+recruit+child+fighters+even+as+they+negotiate+to+end+conflict" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fcolombian-rebels-recruiting-child-fighters-even-as-they-negotiate-to-end-conflict%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F60052082-b842-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Colombian+rebels+recruit+child+fighters+even+as+they+negotiate+to+end+conflict" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664615487/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2bf250ea/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664615487/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2bf250ea/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664615487/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2bf250ea/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia</category><category domain="">human rights groups</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/colombian-rebels-recruiting-child-fighters-even-as-they-negotiate-to-end-conflict/2013/05/14/60052082-b842-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Juan Forero</dc:creator></item><item><title>In Mexico, restrictions on U.S. agents signal drug war shift</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2beafc12/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cin0Emexico0Erestrictions0Eon0Eus0Edrug0Eagents0Eseen0Eas0Eoverdue0C20A130C0A50C140Ca86bd3940Eb9ae0E11e20Eb5680E6917f6ac6d9d0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;MEXICO CITY — The recent changes ordered by new President Enrique Peña Nieto to Mexico’s anti-narcotics partnership with the United States have produced markedly different reactions here and in Washington, underscoring what appear to be diverging perceptions of the drug war’s goals and the costs of fighting it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/in-mexico-restrictions-on-us-drug-agents-seen-as-overdue/2013/05/14/a86bd394-b9ae-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2beafc12/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fin-mexico-restrictions-on-us-drug-agents-seen-as-overdue%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2Fa86bd394-b9ae-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=In+Mexico%2C+restrictions+on+U.S.+agents+signal+drug+war+shift" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fin-mexico-restrictions-on-us-drug-agents-seen-as-overdue%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2Fa86bd394-b9ae-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=In+Mexico%2C+restrictions+on+U.S.+agents+signal+drug+war+shift" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fin-mexico-restrictions-on-us-drug-agents-seen-as-overdue%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2Fa86bd394-b9ae-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=In+Mexico%2C+restrictions+on+U.S.+agents+signal+drug+war+shift" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fin-mexico-restrictions-on-us-drug-agents-seen-as-overdue%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2Fa86bd394-b9ae-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=In+Mexico%2C+restrictions+on+U.S.+agents+signal+drug+war+shift" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fin-mexico-restrictions-on-us-drug-agents-seen-as-overdue%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2Fa86bd394-b9ae-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=In+Mexico%2C+restrictions+on+U.S.+agents+signal+drug+war+shift" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664574626/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2beafc12/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664574626/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2beafc12/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664574626/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2beafc12/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">mexican government</category><category domain="">Public Radio International</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/in-mexico-restrictions-on-us-drug-agents-seen-as-overdue/2013/05/14/a86bd394-b9ae-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Nick Miroff</dc:creator></item><item><title>Venezuelan president, accused of electoral fraud at home, finds backing abroad</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2bc3c674/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cvenezuelan0Epresident0Eaccused0Eof0Eelectoral0Efraud0Eat0Ehome0Efinds0Ebacking0Eabroad0C20A130C0A50C10A0C15d60A7d80Eb9a50E11e20Eb5680E6917f6ac6d9d0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s embattled new president, Nicolás Maduro, &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/5165"&gt;worked hard this week&lt;/a&gt; to strengthen diplomatic ties with neighbors, winning much-needed support from some of the continent’s biggest democracies as he faced accusations at home that his government stole April’s presidential election.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelan-president-accused-of-electoral-fraud-at-home-finds-backing-abroad/2013/05/10/15d607d8-b9a5-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2bc3c674/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fvenezuelan-president-accused-of-electoral-fraud-at-home-finds-backing-abroad%2F2013%2F05%2F10%2F15d607d8-b9a5-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Venezuelan+president%2C+accused+of+electoral+fraud+at+home%2C+finds+backing+abroad" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fvenezuelan-president-accused-of-electoral-fraud-at-home-finds-backing-abroad%2F2013%2F05%2F10%2F15d607d8-b9a5-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Venezuelan+president%2C+accused+of+electoral+fraud+at+home%2C+finds+backing+abroad" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fvenezuelan-president-accused-of-electoral-fraud-at-home-finds-backing-abroad%2F2013%2F05%2F10%2F15d607d8-b9a5-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Venezuelan+president%2C+accused+of+electoral+fraud+at+home%2C+finds+backing+abroad" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fvenezuelan-president-accused-of-electoral-fraud-at-home-finds-backing-abroad%2F2013%2F05%2F10%2F15d607d8-b9a5-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Venezuelan+president%2C+accused+of+electoral+fraud+at+home%2C+finds+backing+abroad" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fvenezuelan-president-accused-of-electoral-fraud-at-home-finds-backing-abroad%2F2013%2F05%2F10%2F15d607d8-b9a5-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Venezuelan+president%2C+accused+of+electoral+fraud+at+home%2C+finds+backing+abroad" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664279962/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2bc3c674/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664279962/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2bc3c674/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664279962/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2bc3c674/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Nicolas Maduro</category><category domain="">National Assembly of Venezuela</category><category domain="">international relations</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelan-president-accused-of-electoral-fraud-at-home-finds-backing-abroad/2013/05/10/15d607d8-b9a5-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Emilia Diaz-Struck, Juan Forero</dc:creator></item><item><title>To power Mexico forward, Peña Nieto looks to energy reform</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2b9c87c1/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cto0Epower0Emexico0Eforward0Epena0Enieto0Elooks0Eto0Eenergy0Ereform0C20A130C0A50C0A70C0Abbaf11a0Ea93c0E11e20E9e1c0Ebb0Afb0Ac2edd90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;MEXICO CITY — It has been 75 years since President Lázaro ­Cárdenas seized the country’s ­foreign-dominated petroleum industry and placed every drop of oil under the everlasting domain of the Mexican people.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/to-power-mexico-forward-pena-nieto-looks-to-energy-reform/2013/05/07/0bbaf11a-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2b9c87c1/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fto-power-mexico-forward-pena-nieto-looks-to-energy-reform%2F2013%2F05%2F07%2F0bbaf11a-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=To+power+Mexico+forward%2C+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto+looks+to+energy+reform" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fto-power-mexico-forward-pena-nieto-looks-to-energy-reform%2F2013%2F05%2F07%2F0bbaf11a-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=To+power+Mexico+forward%2C+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto+looks+to+energy+reform" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fto-power-mexico-forward-pena-nieto-looks-to-energy-reform%2F2013%2F05%2F07%2F0bbaf11a-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=To+power+Mexico+forward%2C+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto+looks+to+energy+reform" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fto-power-mexico-forward-pena-nieto-looks-to-energy-reform%2F2013%2F05%2F07%2F0bbaf11a-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=To+power+Mexico+forward%2C+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto+looks+to+energy+reform" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fto-power-mexico-forward-pena-nieto-looks-to-energy-reform%2F2013%2F05%2F07%2F0bbaf11a-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=To+power+Mexico+forward%2C+Pe%C3%B1a+Nieto+looks+to+energy+reform" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017210736/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b9c87c1/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017210736/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b9c87c1/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017210736/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b9c87c1/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">hydraulic fracturing</category><category domain="">Enrique Pena Nieto</category><category domain="">Statoil</category><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 10:48:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/to-power-mexico-forward-pena-nieto-looks-to-energy-reform/2013/05/07/0bbaf11a-a93c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Nick Miroff, William Booth</dc:creator></item><item><title>Obama wraps up Latin American trip, reaffirms hopes for immigration reform</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2b8386f6/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cobama0Ewraps0Eup0Elatin0Eamerican0Etrip0Ereaffirms0Ehopes0Efor0Eimmigration0Ereform0C20A130C0A50C0A40Cd56161c60Eb4e40E11e20Ebaf70E5bc2a9dc6f440Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — President Obama on Saturday completed a three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica and now returns to Washington with &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/03/obama-immigration-reform-will-happen-this-year/"&gt;hopes of finishing&lt;/a&gt; what could become the biggest accomplishment of his second term: an overhaul of immigration laws.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/obama-wraps-up-latin-american-trip-reaffirms-hopes-for-immigration-reform/2013/05/04/d56161c6-b4e4-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2b8386f6/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fobama-wraps-up-latin-american-trip-reaffirms-hopes-for-immigration-reform%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2Fd56161c6-b4e4-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Obama+wraps+up+Latin+American+trip%2C+reaffirms+hopes+for+immigration+reform" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fobama-wraps-up-latin-american-trip-reaffirms-hopes-for-immigration-reform%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2Fd56161c6-b4e4-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Obama+wraps+up+Latin+American+trip%2C+reaffirms+hopes+for+immigration+reform" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fobama-wraps-up-latin-american-trip-reaffirms-hopes-for-immigration-reform%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2Fd56161c6-b4e4-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Obama+wraps+up+Latin+American+trip%2C+reaffirms+hopes+for+immigration+reform" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fobama-wraps-up-latin-american-trip-reaffirms-hopes-for-immigration-reform%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2Fd56161c6-b4e4-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Obama+wraps+up+Latin+American+trip%2C+reaffirms+hopes+for+immigration+reform" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fobama-wraps-up-latin-american-trip-reaffirms-hopes-for-immigration-reform%2F2013%2F05%2F04%2Fd56161c6-b4e4-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Obama+wraps+up+Latin+American+trip%2C+reaffirms+hopes+for+immigration+reform" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017123025/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b8386f6/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017123025/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b8386f6/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017123025/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b8386f6/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 18:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/obama-wraps-up-latin-american-trip-reaffirms-hopes-for-immigration-reform/2013/05/04/d56161c6-b4e4-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator></item><item><title>Obama’s trip to Mexico hints at new balance of power</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2b7acf84/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cobama0Ein0Emexico0Esays0Eits0Etime0Eto0Ebanish0Emutual0Estereotypes0C20A130C0A50C0A30C20Ae885e80Eb3ff0E11e20Ebaf70E5bc2a9dc6f440Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;MEXICO CITY — For generations, Mexico has been widely seen in the United States as a Third World neighbor, a source of cheap labor, illegal immigration and drugs.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;But now, Mexico’s growing economic might is transforming relations between the two countries, foreshadowing a new balance of power that was hinted at in &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/obama-begins-bilateral-meeting-with-pena-nieto/2013/05/02/07475caa-b368-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html"&gt;President Obama’s visit to the region&lt;/a&gt; Thursday and Friday.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/obama-in-mexico-says-its-time-to-banish-mutual-stereotypes/2013/05/03/20e885e8-b3ff-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2b7acf84/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fobama-in-mexico-says-its-time-to-banish-mutual-stereotypes%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F20e885e8-b3ff-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+trip+to+Mexico+hints+at+new+balance+of+power" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fobama-in-mexico-says-its-time-to-banish-mutual-stereotypes%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F20e885e8-b3ff-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+trip+to+Mexico+hints+at+new+balance+of+power" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fobama-in-mexico-says-its-time-to-banish-mutual-stereotypes%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F20e885e8-b3ff-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+trip+to+Mexico+hints+at+new+balance+of+power" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fobama-in-mexico-says-its-time-to-banish-mutual-stereotypes%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F20e885e8-b3ff-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+trip+to+Mexico+hints+at+new+balance+of+power" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fobama-in-mexico-says-its-time-to-banish-mutual-stereotypes%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F20e885e8-b3ff-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+trip+to+Mexico+hints+at+new+balance+of+power" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017077773/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b7acf84/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017077773/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b7acf84/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017077773/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b7acf84/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 22:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/obama-in-mexico-says-its-time-to-banish-mutual-stereotypes/2013/05/03/20e885e8-b3ff-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb, Nick Miroff</dc:creator></item><item><title>Venezuela’s president orders arrest of American filmmaker</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2b3213b9/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cvenzuelas0Epresident0Eorders0Earrest0Eof0Egeorgetown0Egrad0Eaccuses0Ehim0Eof0Efinancing0Eviolent0Eprotests0C20A130C0A40C260C1ebc15c80Eae460E11e20E8bf60Ee70Acb6ae0A66e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;CARACAS, Venezuela – Facing an invigorated opposition and mounting demands for a recount, President Nicolas Maduro’s week-old government on Friday stepped up accusations that its political adversaries are plotting to destabilize the country. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venzuelas-president-orders-arrest-of-georgetown-grad-accuses-him-of-financing-violent-protests/2013/04/26/1ebc15c8-ae46-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article 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/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016608100/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b3213b9/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016608100/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b3213b9/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016608100/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2b3213b9/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Nicolas Maduro</category><category domain="">Georgetown University</category><category domain="">election results</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venzuelas-president-orders-arrest-of-georgetown-grad-accuses-him-of-financing-violent-protests/2013/04/26/1ebc15c8-ae46-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Juan Forero</dc:creator></item><item><title>Nicolas Maduro is sworn in as Venezuelan president after disputed vote</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2aed97b0/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cvenezuela0Eto0Eswear0Ein0Enicolas0Emaduro0Eas0Epresident0C20A130C0A40C190Cab0Acfed60Ea9170E11e20E830A20E3c7e0Aea970A570Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;CARACAS, Venezuela — Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday as president after a disputed presidential election that has &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelans-are-polarized-in-post-election-crisis/2013/04/18/195db388-a799-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html"&gt;sharply divided the country&lt;/a&gt; between Venezuelans who want to continue the socialist system begun by his charismatic predecessor, Hugo Chavez, and those who contend that the ruling party won through a fraudulent vote.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuela-to-swear-in-nicolas-maduro-as-president/2013/04/19/ab0cfed6-a917-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2aed97b0/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fvenezuela-to-swear-in-nicolas-maduro-as-president%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fab0cfed6-a917-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Nicolas+Maduro+is+sworn+in+as+Venezuelan+president+after+disputed+vote" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a 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href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323535037/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2aed97b0/kg/355/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323535037/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2aed97b0/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323535037/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2aed97b0/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Nicolas Maduro</category><category domain="">National Electoral Council of Venezuela</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuela-to-swear-in-nicolas-maduro-as-president/2013/04/19/ab0cfed6-a917-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Juan Forero</dc:creator></item><item><title>Venezuelans are polarized in post-election crisis</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2add9eca/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cvenezuelans0Eare0Epolarized0Ein0Epost0Eelection0Ecrisis0C20A130C0A40C180C195db3880Ea7990E11e20E9e1c0Ebb0Afb0Ac2edd90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;CARACAS, Venezuela — People have spit on each other in the meat section, and one woman had to be stopped from throwing a soft drink at another in the checkout line.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Grocery store owner Jose Duarte finally had enough when a customer berated a shopper in military uniform for serving the socialist government, which on Friday is inaugurating interim leader Nicolas Maduro as president while his adversaries plan protests.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelans-are-polarized-in-post-election-crisis/2013/04/18/195db388-a799-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article 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href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fvenezuelans-are-polarized-in-post-election-crisis%2F2013%2F04%2F18%2F195db388-a799-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Venezuelans+are+polarized+in+post-election+crisis" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323747576/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2add9eca/kg/342/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323747576/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2add9eca/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323747576/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2add9eca/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Hugo Chávez</category><category domain="">presidential election</category><category domain="">National Guard</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:48:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelans-are-polarized-in-post-election-crisis/2013/04/18/195db388-a799-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Juan Forero, Emilia Diaz-Struck</dc:creator></item><item><title>Venezuelan government blames losing presidential candidate for deadly violence</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2acc8522/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cvenezuelan0Egovernment0Eblames0Elosing0Epresidential0Ecandidate0Efor0Edeadly0Eviolence0C20A130C0A40C160Ca460A4e0A40Ea6d70E11e20Eb0A290E8fb7e977ef710Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s socialist government, stung by nationwide protests against interim leader Nicolas Maduro’s &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hugo-chavez-heir-nicolas-maduro-leads-in-polls-ahead-of-vote/2013/04/14/334cd2ba-a54b-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html"&gt;razor-thin win&lt;/a&gt; in Sunday’s presidential election, on Tuesday blamed opposition leader Henrique Capriles for the disturbances and for violence that officials say has left at least seven people dead.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelan-government-blames-losing-presidential-candidate-for-deadly-violence/2013/04/16/a4604e04-a6d7-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2acc8522/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a 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domain="">National Electoral Council of Venezuela</category><category domain="">Henrique Capriles</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelan-government-blames-losing-presidential-candidate-for-deadly-violence/2013/04/16/a4604e04-a6d7-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Juan Forero</dc:creator></item><item><title>Venezuela government defends election result, backtracks on recount pledge</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2abf557e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Ccapriles0Erefuses0Eto0Econcede0Evenezuela0Epresidential0Eelection0Edemands0Erecount0C20A130C0A40C150C4db19c9e0Ea5eb0E11e20Ea8e20E5b98cb59187f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s government on Monday defended &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hugo-chavez-heir-nicolas-maduro-leads-in-polls-ahead-of-vote/2013/04/14/334cd2ba-a54b-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html"&gt;a presidential election&lt;/a&gt; that authorities said gave interim leader Nicolas Maduro a six-year term, backtracking on a pledge he had made to permit an audit of ballots demanded by the opposition after the razor-thin victory.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/capriles-refuses-to-concede-venezuela-presidential-election-demands-recount/2013/04/15/4db19c9e-a5eb-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2abf557e/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a 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election</category><category domain="">Henrique Capriles</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/capriles-refuses-to-concede-venezuela-presidential-election-demands-recount/2013/04/15/4db19c9e-a5eb-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Juan Forero, Emilia Diaz-Struck</dc:creator></item><item><title>Nicolas Maduro narrowly wins presidential election in Venezuela</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2ab5ecfb/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Chugo0Echavez0Eheir0Enicolas0Emaduro0Eleads0Ein0Epolls0Eahead0Eof0Evote0C20A130C0A40C140C334cd2ba0Ea54b0E11e20E9e1c0Ebb0Afb0Ac2edd90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;CARACAS, Venezuela —Calling himself the “Son of Chavez,” Nicolas Maduro, the interim president, won a slim victory after a brief but nasty presidential campaign in which he had pledged to complete the socialist transformation of this oil-rich nation that began under the man he served loyally for 20 years, President Hugo Chavez.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hugo-chavez-heir-nicolas-maduro-leads-in-polls-ahead-of-vote/2013/04/14/334cd2ba-a54b-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2ab5ecfb/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fhugo-chavez-heir-nicolas-maduro-leads-in-polls-ahead-of-vote%2F2013%2F04%2F14%2F334cd2ba-a54b-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Nicolas+Maduro+narrowly+wins+presidential+election+in+Venezuela" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" 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href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323212844/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2ab5ecfb/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323212844/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2ab5ecfb/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323212844/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2ab5ecfb/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">U S State Department</category><category domain="">Hugo Chávez</category><category domain="">presidential election</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hugo-chavez-heir-nicolas-maduro-leads-in-polls-ahead-of-vote/2013/04/14/334cd2ba-a54b-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Juan Forero</dc:creator></item><item><title>With sale, Venezuela’s last critical news outlet may be neutralized</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2aaeebbe/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cwith0Esale0Evenezuelas0Elast0Ecritical0Enews0Eoutlet0Emay0Ebe0Eneutralized0C20A130C0A40C130Cd369ebd40Ea3de0E11e20Ebd520E6141563726950Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;CARACAS, Venezuela — In his 14-year-rule, President Hugo Chavez zeroed in on the country’s four major private television news outlets, shutting down one and co-opting two others to neutralize critical coverage of his self-styled revolutionary government.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/with-sale-venezuelas-last-critical-news-outlet-may-be-neutralized/2013/04/13/d369ebd4-a3de-11e2-bd52-614156372695_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2aaeebbe/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div 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href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fwith-sale-venezuelas-last-critical-news-outlet-may-be-neutralized%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2Fd369ebd4-a3de-11e2-bd52-614156372695_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=With+sale%2C+Venezuela%E2%80%99s+last+critical+news+outlet+may+be+neutralized" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323180218/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2aaeebbe/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323180218/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2aaeebbe/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323180218/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2aaeebbe/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Nicolas Maduro</category><category domain="">presidential election</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/with-sale-venezuelas-last-critical-news-outlet-may-be-neutralized/2013/04/13/d369ebd4-a3de-11e2-bd52-614156372695_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Juan Forero, Emilia Diaz-Struck</dc:creator></item><item><title>In Mexico, an upsurge of vigilantism</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2aa6eb36/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cin0Emexico0Ean0Eupsurge0Eof0Evigilantism0C20A130C0A40C120Cff1544880Ea3870E11e20Ebe470Eb44febada3a80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;TIERRA COLORADA, Mexico — Three months ago, Pedro Garibo was a farmer tilling the wild and arid lands of Mexico’s Guerrero state. Today, he is a vigilante standing at an improvised roadblock on a section of the old Mexico City-to-Acapulco highway with a semiautomatic rifle across his chest. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/in-mexico-an-upsurge-of-vigilantism/2013/04/12/ff154488-a387-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2aa6eb36/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fin-mexico-an-upsurge-of-vigilantism%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Fff154488-a387-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=In+Mexico%2C+an+upsurge+of+vigilantism" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fin-mexico-an-upsurge-of-vigilantism%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Fff154488-a387-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=In+Mexico%2C+an+upsurge+of+vigilantism" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fin-mexico-an-upsurge-of-vigilantism%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Fff154488-a387-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=In+Mexico%2C+an+upsurge+of+vigilantism" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fin-mexico-an-upsurge-of-vigilantism%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Fff154488-a387-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=In+Mexico%2C+an+upsurge+of+vigilantism" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fin-mexico-an-upsurge-of-vigilantism%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Fff154488-a387-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=In+Mexico%2C+an+upsurge+of+vigilantism" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323136461/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2aa6eb36/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323136461/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2aa6eb36/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323136461/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2aa6eb36/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Institutional Revolutionary Party</category><category domain="">drug gangs</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:09:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/in-mexico-an-upsurge-of-vigilantism/2013/04/12/ff154488-a387-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Adam Thomson | Financial Times</dc:creator></item><item><title>Brazil grapples with dysfunctional Congress</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2a908497/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cbrazil0Egrapples0Ewith0Edysfunctional0Econgress0C20A130C0A40C10A0C0A991ddbc0Ea1f40E11e20Ebe470Eb44febada3a80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;SAO PAULO, Brazil — The YouTube video of Marcos Feliciano, a Brazilian evangelical pastor and federal congressman, would be funny were it not so tragic. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In it, the preacher derides a member of his congregation for giving him a credit card without the PIN number during collection time.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazil-grapples-with-dysfunctional-congress/2013/04/10/0991ddbc-a1f4-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2a908497/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fbrazil-grapples-with-dysfunctional-congress%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2F0991ddbc-a1f4-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Brazil+grapples+with+dysfunctional+Congress" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fbrazil-grapples-with-dysfunctional-congress%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2F0991ddbc-a1f4-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Brazil+grapples+with+dysfunctional+Congress" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fbrazil-grapples-with-dysfunctional-congress%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2F0991ddbc-a1f4-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Brazil+grapples+with+dysfunctional+Congress" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fbrazil-grapples-with-dysfunctional-congress%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2F0991ddbc-a1f4-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Brazil+grapples+with+dysfunctional+Congress" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fbrazil-grapples-with-dysfunctional-congress%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2F0991ddbc-a1f4-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Brazil+grapples+with+dysfunctional+Congress" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163216887163/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a908497/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163216887163/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a908497/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163216887163/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a908497/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:58:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazil-grapples-with-dysfunctional-congress/2013/04/10/0991ddbc-a1f4-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Joe Leahy | Financial times</dc:creator></item><item><title>Argentina, Iran to investigate ’94 bombing of Jewish center</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2a623992/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cargentina0Eiran0Eto0Einvestigate0E940Ebombing0Eof0Ejewish0Ecenter0C20A130C0A40C0A50C0A61c53540E9d2d0E11e20Ea9410Ea19bce7af7550Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;BUENOS AIRES — She was just 21, visiting the city’s main Jewish community center with her mother, when a suicide bomber detonated a rental van loaded with explosives.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Paola Czyzewski and 84 others were killed in the July 18, 1994, bombing, which was considered the bloodiest attack against Jews since World War II. Although Iran was widely believed to be responsible for the attack, Argentina bungled &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/13/AR2007011301253.html"&gt;the investigation&lt;/a&gt; for more than a decade, and no one has been convicted in connection to the case.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/argentina-iran-to-investigate-94-bombing-of-jewish-center/2013/04/05/061c5354-9d2d-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2a623992/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fargentina-iran-to-investigate-94-bombing-of-jewish-center%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F061c5354-9d2d-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Argentina%2C+Iran+to+investigate+%E2%80%9994+bombing+of+Jewish+center" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fargentina-iran-to-investigate-94-bombing-of-jewish-center%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F061c5354-9d2d-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Argentina%2C+Iran+to+investigate+%E2%80%9994+bombing+of+Jewish+center" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fargentina-iran-to-investigate-94-bombing-of-jewish-center%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F061c5354-9d2d-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Argentina%2C+Iran+to+investigate+%E2%80%9994+bombing+of+Jewish+center" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fargentina-iran-to-investigate-94-bombing-of-jewish-center%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F061c5354-9d2d-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Argentina%2C+Iran+to+investigate+%E2%80%9994+bombing+of+Jewish+center" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fargentina-iran-to-investigate-94-bombing-of-jewish-center%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F061c5354-9d2d-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas&amp;t=Argentina%2C+Iran+to+investigate+%E2%80%9994+bombing+of+Jewish+center" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991395266/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a623992/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991395266/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a623992/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991395266/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a623992/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/argentina-iran-to-investigate-94-bombing-of-jewish-center/2013/04/05/061c5354-9d2d-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Nick Miroff, Juan Forero</dc:creator></item><item><title>Maids’ win impinges on Brazil’s economy</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2a23f739/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cmaids0Ewin0Eimpinges0Eon0Ebrazils0Eeconomy0C20A130C0A30C290C25c9e0Ace0E98990E11e20E97cd0E3d8c1afe4f0Af0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;SAO PAULO — Josimayra Ayres is one of the luckier members of Sao Paulo’s army of domestic workers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;While many live in suffocating conditions at their employers’ houses, she works set hours and lives at her own home with her husband.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/maids-win-impinges-on-brazils-economy/2013/03/29/25c9e0ce-9899-11e2-97cd-3d8c1afe4f0f_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2a23f739/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Maids%E2%80%99+win+impinges+on+Brazil%E2%80%99s+economy&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fmaids-win-impinges-on-brazils-economy%2F2013%2F03%2F29%2F25c9e0ce-9899-11e2-97cd-3d8c1afe4f0f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991024315/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a23f739/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991024315/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a23f739/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991024315/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a23f739/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Dilma Rousseff</category><category domain="">International Labor Organization</category><category domain="">constitutional amendment</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:10:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/maids-win-impinges-on-brazils-economy/2013/03/29/25c9e0ce-9899-11e2-97cd-3d8c1afe4f0f_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Joe Leahy | Financial Times</dc:creator></item><item><title>Brazilian chief uses technology to help save his tribe and curb deforestation</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2a0c0d01/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cbrazilian0Echief0Euses0Etechnology0Eto0Ehelp0Esave0Ehis0Etribe0Eand0Ecurb0Edeforestation0C20A130C0A30C260C0A97b93380E84e70E11e20Ea80Ab0E3edc779b676f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;SEVENTH OF SEPTEMBER RESERVE, Brazil — &lt;span&gt;As a small boy in the early ’80s, Almir Surui hunted monkeys with a bow and arrow, wore a loincloth and struggled with Brazil’s official language, Portuguese. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;At 38, he is the tech-savvy, ­university-educated chief of the Paiter Surui, or “the real people,” of this western corner of Brazil. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazilian-chief-uses-technology-to-help-save-his-tribe-and-curb-deforestation/2013/03/26/097b9338-84e7-11e2-a80b-3edc779b676f_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2a0c0d01/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Brazilian+chief+uses+technology+to+help+save+his+tribe+and+curb+deforestation&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fbrazilian-chief-uses-technology-to-help-save-his-tribe-and-curb-deforestation%2F2013%2F03%2F26%2F097b9338-84e7-11e2-a80b-3edc779b676f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161990871970/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a0c0d01/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161990871970/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a0c0d01/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161990871970/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2a0c0d01/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Google Inc</category><category domain="">Prince Charles</category><category domain="">greenhouse gas emissions</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazilian-chief-uses-technology-to-help-save-his-tribe-and-curb-deforestation/2013/03/26/097b9338-84e7-11e2-a80b-3edc779b676f_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Juan Forero</dc:creator></item><item><title>In Pope Francis, other faiths see a friend</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/29dd8cbb/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cin0Epope0Efrancis0Eother0Efaiths0Esee0Ea0Efriend0C20A130C0A30C210C893d59620E90Abd0E11e20E91730E7f87cda73b490Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Nearly every July 18, the bitter anniversary of the 1994 truck bombing that ripped apart a Jewish community here, Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio would arrive to pay tribute at a memorial to the 85 victims. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/in-pope-francis-other-faiths-see-a-friend/2013/03/21/893d5962-90bd-11e2-9173-7f87cda73b49_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/29dd8cbb/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=In+Pope+Francis%2C+other+faiths+see+a+friend&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fin-pope-francis-other-faiths-see-a-friend%2F2013%2F03%2F21%2F893d5962-90bd-11e2-9173-7f87cda73b49_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161393615840/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/29dd8cbb/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161393615840/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/29dd8cbb/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161393615840/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/29dd8cbb/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">islamic world</category><category domain="">Roman Catholic Church</category><category domain="">Recep Tayyip Erdogan</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/in-pope-francis-other-faiths-see-a-friend/2013/03/21/893d5962-90bd-11e2-9173-7f87cda73b49_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Nick Miroff, Anthony Faiola</dc:creator></item><item><title>Pope Francis was often quiet on Argentine sex abuse cases as archbishop</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/29b6f351/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cpope0Efrancis0Ewas0Eoften0Equiet0Eon0Eargentine0Esex0Eabuse0Ecases0Eas0Earchbishop0C20A130C0A30C180C26e7eca40E8ff60E11e20E9cfd0E36d6c9b5d7ad0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;HURLINGHAM, Argentina — Father Julio Cesar Grassi was a celebrity in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. The young, dynamic, ­media-savvy priest networked with wealthy Argentines to fund an array of schools, orphanages and job training programs for poor and abandoned youths, winning praise from Argentine politicians and his superior, Archbishop &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/cardinal-jorge-mario-bergoglio-of-argentina-is-named-new-pope/2013/03/13/ef0cb96c-8c0e-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_gallery.html"&gt;Jorge Mario Bergoglio&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/pope-francis-was-often-quiet-on-argentine-sex-abuse-cases-as-archbishop/2013/03/18/26e7eca4-8ff6-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/29b6f351/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Pope+Francis+was+often+quiet+on+Argentine+sex+abuse+cases+as+archbishop&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fpope-francis-was-often-quiet-on-argentine-sex-abuse-cases-as-archbishop%2F2013%2F03%2F18%2F26e7eca4-8ff6-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921059696/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/29b6f351/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921059696/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/29b6f351/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921059696/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/29b6f351/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">nextpope</category><category domain="">Juan Pablo</category><category domain="">Roman Catholic Church</category><category domain="">human rights</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/pope-francis-was-often-quiet-on-argentine-sex-abuse-cases-as-archbishop/2013/03/18/26e7eca4-8ff6-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Nick Miroff</dc:creator></item><item><title>Notable death: Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz, former Argentine economy minister</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/29abe70d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cnotable0Edeath0Ejose0Ealfredo0Emartinez0Ede0Ehoz0Eformer0Eargentine0Eeconomy0Eminister0C20A130C0A30C170C1a7a15860E8f160E11e20E9abd0Ee4c5c9dc5e90A0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz, Argentina’s former economy minister, died Saturday in Buenos Aires while awaiting sentencing for human rights abuses during the military dictatorship. He was 87.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The exact cause of death was not immediately announced, according to the state news agency Telam.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/notable-death-jose-alfredo-martinez-de-hoz-former-argentine-economy-minister/2013/03/17/1a7a1586-8f16-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/29abe70d/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Notable+death%3A+Jose+Alfredo+Martinez+de+Hoz%2C+former+Argentine+economy+minister&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fnotable-death-jose-alfredo-martinez-de-hoz-former-argentine-economy-minister%2F2013%2F03%2F17%2F1a7a1586-8f16-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921399150/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/29abe70d/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921399150/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/29abe70d/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921399150/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/29abe70d/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Carlos Menem</category><category domain="">human rights abuses</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:59:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/notable-death-jose-alfredo-martinez-de-hoz-former-argentine-economy-minister/2013/03/17/1a7a1586-8f16-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator /></item><item><title>Bergoglio tested by Argentine leaders</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2995fad0/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Cthe0Iamericas0Cbergoglio0Echallenged0Emoral0Eauthority0Eof0Eargentinas0Eelected0Eleaders0C20A130C0A30C140C95db94f60E8ce70E11e20Eb63f0Ef53fb9f2fcb40Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iamericas/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/jorge-mario-bergoglio-the-first-jesuit-pope-known-for-pastoral-work/2013/03/13/8a47e324-8c0b-11e2-9f54-f3fdd70acad2_story.html"&gt;Jorge Mario Bergoglio&lt;/a&gt; served a higher authority as a Catholic shepherd in this cosmopolitan capital, he was also tested by more earthly powers: Argentine governments.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;With the historic rise of an Argentine to the throne of St. Peter, this nation has erupted in celebration and debate, with one of its own becoming the first Latin American pope. The story of his relationship with his home government, some here say, underscores his willingness to butt heads with secular leaders whose politics conflict with the Roman Catholic Church. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/bergoglio-challenged-moral-authority-of-argentinas-elected-leaders/2013/03/14/95db94f6-8ce7-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html?wprss=rss_americas"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636709/s/2995fad0/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Bergoglio+tested+by+Argentine+leaders&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fthe_americas%2Fbergoglio-challenged-moral-authority-of-argentinas-elected-leaders%2F2013%2F03%2F14%2F95db94f6-8ce7-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_americas" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920891402/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2995fad0/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920891402/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2995fad0/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920891402/u/0/f/636709/c/34656/s/2995fad0/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Pope Francis I</category><category domain="">gay rights</category><category domain="">nextpope</category><category domain="">Roman Catholic Church</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/bergoglio-challenged-moral-authority-of-argentinas-elected-leaders/2013/03/14/95db94f6-8ce7-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html?wprss=rss_americas</guid><dc:creator>Silvina Frydlewsky, Anthony Faiola</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>
