When viewed as a whole they explain why Latin American states are lining up to support the Palestinians.
Yes, China is also playing a geostrategic game to win the support of African (and Latin American) states, which it has, for a long time, courted as a check against perceived American and (once upon a time) Soviet hegemony.
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Jaua said Chavez was making decisions about the upcoming summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, a coalition of the region's countries.
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The "Foro" holds an ardent anti-globalization and anti-American posture and also speaks for the rights of indigenous populations and promotes Indian separatism from the (Latin American) national states.
The Summit of the Americas, the largest gathering of leaders from the Latin American and Caribbean states plus the U.S. and Canada, ended last week in Cartagena, Colombia with no joint declaration or statement.
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Chavez was a driving force in unifying Latin America, creating new regional organizations like the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
In this regard, CNCU President highlighted the need to articulate all these projects so that all the work by the voiceless and the faceless on the continent can be jointly disseminated, for example, by Foreign Ministries, at a time when the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is already a reality in the region.
Her death commanded headlines from Mexico to Argentina as well as in that emerging Latin American nation, the United States.
The president presented an upbeat assessment of hemispheric relations, touting a 46% increase in trade between the United States and Latin American and Caribbean countries.
The events of September 30th add to the need for the United States and Latin American countries to reconsider upgrading the criteria by which democracy is judged.
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But when last month it temporarily accepted Vladimiro Montesinos, Peru's disgraced intelligence chief, it did so only after much arm-twisting from Latin American presidents and the United States.
Attention has therefore shifted, both to Doha and to bilateral trade deals between the United States and other Latin American groupings.
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Should this happen, Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution will have gained its biggest prize yet: Colombia, the United States' strongest Latin American ally.
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The report's findings illustrate the uphill challenge that those who favour building fences and walls to keep Latin American immigrants out of the United States face.
"The selection of a Latin American pope would be particularly welcomed by Latin Americans and Hispanics in the United States, " he said.
Kennedy Airport in 2006, Maduro called the U.S. government "racist" and "Nazi" and said the United States does not appreciate Latin American countries.
Kennedy International Airport in 2006, Maduro called the U.S. government "racist" and "Nazi" and said the United States does not appreciate Latin American countries.
Chavez made the assertion himself in 2011, saying at a military event in Caracas that he wondered whether the United States could be infecting Latin American leaders with the illness.
Many nations in Latin America have grown increasingly weary of the United States' seemingly double standards when dealing with its Latin American neighbors.
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With news about murderous Iranian intentions, it is vital that the United States along with Europeans press Latin American countries to distance themselves from Iran and join the sanctions policy.
All Latin American countries and Spain (although not the United States) have withdrawn their ambassadors pending Mr Zelaya's reinstatement.
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, and other Bush administration officials have been working hard behind the scenes to lobby Latin American countries and other U.N. member states to choose Guatemala instead of Venezuela to fill a rotating seat on the Security Council.
After meeting with the countries of Group I (Western European and North American States) Group II (Eastern European States), Group IV a (African States), as well as Latin American and Caribbean countries (GRULAC), Irina Bokova met with members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) during a working lunch.
Several Latin American presidents offered to help Mr Bush by lobbying the United States Congress.
The United States' need for leadership and direction in Latin American relations is urgent.
It has sought to become influential in the region by supporting the principle of integrating Latin American countries into an autonomous group, independent of the United States or any world power.
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Nowadays, Latin American governments are less hostile than in the past to the United States' drug war.
Latin American drug gangs have invaded every city of significant size in the United States.
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In addition to its strong ties with Britain and the United States, Belize has recently also forged closer links with Latin American countries such as Mexico and Venezuela.
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