South America News http://www.news-spider.com/World/South_America/index.html Latest South America News from news-spider.com. News from more than 2,000 sources, updated continuously. en-us © 2008 news-spider.com. All rights reserved. Tue, 13 May 2008 11:33:50 GMT Haitian president faces new government setback http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210678875.html Reuters - Haitian lawmakers rejected President Rene Preval's candidate for prime minister on Monday, undercutting his efforts to establish a stable democracy in the deeply impoverished Caribbean count ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210678875.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:15:17 GMT Mexico police say drug cartel killed No. 2 cop http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210657126.html AP - A police officer and four other suspects with ties to a powerful drug cartel have been arrested in the assassination of Mexico's acting federal police chief, authorities said Monday. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210657126.html Tue, 13 May 2008 02:47:56 GMT Haiti lawmakers reject PM nominee http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210648180.html AP - Haitian legislators on Monday rejected President Rene Preval's pick for prime minister, extending a monthlong period without a functioning government for the troubled nation. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210648180.html Tue, 13 May 2008 01:03:28 GMT Cuban migrants land in Mexico after 17 days at sea http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210646365.html AP - An attempt to reach Florida turned into 17 days at sea for Cuban migrants crammed aboard a rickety sailboat that drifted ashore in Mexico near the Belize border. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210646365.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:24:26 GMT Mexican rebels reject direct talks with government http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210675281.html Reuters - A Mexican rebel group that bombed energy pipelines last year rejected on Monday direct talks with the government but left open the possibility of negotiations through a group of mediators. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210675281.html Mon, 12 May 2008 22:15:05 GMT Chavez nationalizes biggest steelmaker http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210631967.html AFP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday nationalized the country's biggest steelmaker Ternium-Sidor, which is majority owned by Argentina's Techint. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210631967.html Mon, 12 May 2008 20:03:26 GMT Death toll from capsized ferry in Haiti hits 13 http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210631968.html AP - A U.N. official says the bodies of two teenagers have been found near a capsized Haitian sailboat, raising the death toll to 13. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210631968.html Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:50 GMT US shocked at escalating violence in Mexico http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210622959.html AFP - The United States said Monday it was shocked at escalating attacks on police officers in Mexico, adding organized crime posed a "serious threat" to democratic institutions there. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210622959.html Mon, 12 May 2008 17:53:22 GMT Rebel documents point to cross-border Chavez links http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210624742.html Documents that Colombia says it recovered from a slain guerrilla leader give the clearest indication yet that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to arm and finance insurgents across the border.Th ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210624742.html Mon, 12 May 2008 17:00:00 GMT Hacker posts stolen data on internet http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210624743.html SANTIAGO - A hacker who identified himself as "Anonymous Coward" stole personal data of six million Chileans - reportedly including that of a daughter of the President - and posted it briefly on the i ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210624743.html Mon, 12 May 2008 17:00:00 GMT