The Organisation of American States lifted a decades-old ban on Cuba’s participation in the group and cleared the way for the island’s return despite initial US objections.

A leftist television journalist won El Salvador’s presidential elections, bringing a party of former guerrillas to power for the first time since a bloody civil war and ending two decades of conservative rule.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said the US is “taking bread” away from the poor by holding back aid.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega would like to run for re-election and change the constitution to allow voters to put him in office as many times as they want.

Nicaragua lambasted the US government and the head of the Organisation of American States, accusing both of trying to destabilise President Daniel Ortega’s government by criticising local elections.

A standoff between supporters of Nicaragua’s left-wing ruling party and its opponents wounded eight on the outskirts of the capital Managua as conflict over alleged voter fraud turned violent.

STEVE SCHMIDT is taking over the day-to-day operation of John McCain’s campaign, according to campaign sources.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says Central American countries need to draw a plan to confront a regional food crisis as a group.

A summit of Latin American leaders aimed at cooling Colombia’s growing border crisis turned into an angry showdown today, with the president of Colombia accusing his Ecuadorian counterpart of having been financed by Colombian rebels.

Cuba’s vice president said yesterday Fidel Castro would return to work in a few weeks after intestinal surgery that forced him to hand over power temporarily to his younger brother.

Former Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is seeking to regain power in elections tomorrow, having recast himself as liberty-loving moderate who seeks normal ties with the United States.