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Just four months after he claimed re-election in a vote widely seen as flawed, President Alberto K. Fujimori of Peru implored senior Clinton administration officials today to give him the […]

Three weeks before Mexicans go to the polls in their most tightly contested presidential race ever, President Clinton warmly received his Mexican counterpart, President Ernesto Zedillo, today, and White House […]

WASHINGTON _ Latin American and Caribbean diplomats are clamoring to get in on the North American Free Trade Agreement, or at least avoid being hurt by it. But after the [...]

WASHINGTON _ After years of trying to bully or buy Latin American cooperation in the fight against drugs, the Clinton administration is laying the groundwork for a humbler, gentler strategy. […]

BRASILIA, Brazil _ President Clinton on Tuesday offered a firm endorsement of Mercosur, the emerging South American customs union, even as he recognized that it might sharpen competition with U.S. […]

FRIENDS AND LOVERS: President Clinton has decided to name Argentina as the first country in the hemisphere to become a 'major non-NATO ally,' sources say. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright […]

WASHINGTON _ Does it make a difference who is president in the decades-long standoff against Fidel Castro? Perhaps not. With bipartisan approval, Congress wrested control over major aspects of U.S. […]

WASHINGTON _ To hear them tell it, President Clinton and his Republican challenger Bob Dole see a world of difference in U.S. policy toward Latin America. Where Clinton claims a […]

WASHINGTON _ President Clinton on Tuesday postponed the most potent and controversial provision of the Helms-Burton law, delaying for at least six months private U.S. lawsuits against foreigners 'trafficking' in […]

WASHINGTON _ President Clinton mulled conflicting recommendations from top advisers Monday over whether to bring the full weight of the Helms-Burton Act to bear against foreign companies that use Cuban […]

WASHINGTON _ Hours after the Colombian Congress cleared President Ernesto Samper of drug-money charges, angry Clinton administration officials on Thursday studied a list of possible sanctions and voiced 'keen displeasure […]

WASHINGTON _ The way Rep. Bob Menendez sees it, President Clinton was getting some bad advice. When it came to Cuba policy, the New Jersey lawmaker saw the United States […]

Pledging to avenge the deaths of four Cuban freedom fighters, President Clinton slapped new economic and political sanctions on Fidel Castro's regime Monday. None involved a blockade or other military […]

WASHINGTON _ Seeking to punish the Castro government while preserving U.S. outreach to the Cuban people, President Clinton took a middle road on Monday with a series of new sanctions […]

WASHINGTON _ An exodus is brewing among top U.S. policy-makers for Latin America, as the region simmers on the Clinton administration's back burner. Just days after Alexander Watson, the assistant […]

WASHINGTON _ Congressional Republicans and the Clinton administration remained on a collision course Friday over a bill to widen the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba. Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, […]

WASHINGTON _ Leading congressional Republicans roared their disapproval Friday as President Clinton announced sweeping steps to increase U.S. contacts with Cuba, setting the stage for a bitter showdown over control […]

WASHINGTON _ In a major rollback of U.S. restrictions on travel and other contacts with Cuba, President Clinton has approved a series of policy changes expected to vastly increase exile […]

WASHINGTON _ Stung by the Clinton administration's secret immigration deal with Cuba, key members of the Republican-controlled Congress are seeking to wrest control of Cuba policy from the president. A […]

WASHINGTON _ The Clinton administration on Wednesday sharply criticized Colombia's efforts to combat illegal drug trafficking last year but refused to impose economic sanctions against the world's largest cocaine exporter. […]

MIAMI _ Striving to sculpt a common vision for the hemisphere's future, President Clinton welcomed 33 government leaders to the Summit of the Americas in a red-carpeted Miami Friday and […]

MIAMI _ Some heads of government groused about protocol. Some of their ministers felt slighted. But when President Clinton plays host to 33 hemispheric leaders for dinner and a working […]

MIAMI _ As President Clinton and 33 heads of government prepare to converge in Miami for the most ambitious summit of its kind, the chief organizer declared Wednesday that the […]

Taking a first step to heal Haiti's prostrate economy, President Clinton on Monday announced he will lift most unilateral U.S. sanctions against that country, including a ban on commercial flights […]

WASHINGTON _ While publicly saying it will not tolerate continuing repression by Haiti's armed forces, the Clinton administration on Wednesday privately pushed another strategy: patience. With each passing day, American […]

In the immigration accord reached Friday between the United States and Cuba, President Clinton scored some political points and the Cuban refugees stranded in U.S. custody in Guantanamo and Panama […]

WASHINGTON _ The Clinton administration faced growing criticism Thursday for its refusal to open negotiations with Cuba, but officials insisted that merely sitting down to talk would hand President Fidel […]

WASHINGTON _ Bowing to strong domestic pressure to ease his stance toward Haitian refugees, President Clinton will announce a major policy shift Sunday to grant all boat people fleeing the […]

WASHINGTON _ The White House is considering a proposal that would greatly ease restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba and other embargoed nations for humanitarian, religious, human rights and educational […]

WASHINGTON _ Discounting reports of growing malnutrition in Haiti, the Clinton administration plans to press forward with tougher economic sanctions against the country's de facto rulers at the United Nations […]

WASHINGTON _ President Clinton has vowed to 'reassess' the U.S. approach to Haiti and ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, amid signs of growing estrangement between Washington and the Haitian leader. Clinton, […]

WASHINGTON _ Clinton administration officials on Wednesday expressed growing exasperation with Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a day after he harshly criticized U.S. immigration policy toward his country. Aristide had lashed […]

WASHINGTON _ As a political compromise to return exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power expires Saturday without progress, Clinton administration officials pondering their next step have come upon an […]

(Updates with Clinton comments, other new material) (HAS TRIMS) By Christopher Marquis and Paul Anderson Knight-Ridder Newspapers UNITED NATIONS _ Exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, his chances for a scheduled […]