Twenty years ago, Tribune reporter Todd Smith was killed while working on a story about drug trafficking in Colombia. The slaying remains unsolved. ...more

November 20, 2009

In two weeks the Tarpon Springs Cultural Center will reverberate with an international flair, when Joe Zeytoonian, an internationally known musician and composer, and Myriam Eli, a professional dancer, perform their special blend of Middle Eastern and Greek music and dance. ...more

October 31, 2009

Four months after he was ousted by the military, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya reached an agreement with his opponents that could restore him to office and end a political crisis that has roiled the hemisphere, officials said Friday. ...more

October 31, 2009

Trade issues with Cuba, particularly if the U.S. trade embargo is lifted, will be the focus of a May 29 panel discussion in Tampa among the director of the Port of Tampa and scholars from the University of Florida and Tulane University. ...more

May 7, 2009

Like much of Cuba's work force, Alfredo Congas is going gray. ...more

March 27, 2009

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ventures south of the border this week at a moment when the tricky dynamics of the U.S.-Mexico relationship are on full display. ...more

March 23, 2009

Seven-time Grammy winner Gloria Estefan has performed to many packed arenas worldwide in a career spanning more than two decades. But for the first time she is taking her greatest hits tour to South America. ...more

March 3, 2009

Building a courthouse means big dollars. And there are 11 companies that want the job of constructing the new judicial center, from mega-corporations with international ties to local outfits with familiar names. ...more

February 6, 2009

The $250-million loan by billionaire Carlos Slim to The New York Times Co. is said to be innocent of any motive of influencing U.S. news and opinion. Perhaps that is so, but it would have been better had the question never come up. ...more

February 1, 2009

More than 92 percent of Cubans say they feel unaffected by the policy changes Raul Castro has instituted since he took over leadership of their island country from Fidel Castro in February 2008, a survey released today shows. ...more

January 16, 2009