Mexican president Felipe Calderón visits the United States for the first time since assuming the presidency. February marks the fourth anniversary of President Jean Bertrand Aristide’s departure from Haiti. President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua holds a meeting with senior U.S. officials. Additional evidence that Venezuela’s PDVSA is short of cash comes to light. The acrimonious dispute between ExxonMobil and Hugo Chávez’s government continues. Colombia’s armed forces manage to eliminate one of the principal leaders of the country’s largest guerrilla group. A Constitutional referendum is set for May 4 in Bolivia. Brazil’s stock market becomes a major attraction for emerging market investors. Former Argentine president Néstor Kirchner scores an unexpected goal on his road toward the reorganization of the Partido Justicialista.
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