A surge of looting and other hunger-related crimes carried out by Venezuela's poor have replaced last years' political protests by the middle class seeking the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro
Cypriots began voting for a new president they hope will overcome years of failure to resolve the island-nation's ethnic division and deliver more benefits from an economy on the rebound from a banking crisis
Cypriots are voting Sunday to choose a president who could break a cycle of failure in talks to reunify the ethnically split island-nation _ and deliver the benefits of a rebounding economy to citizens still recovering from a severe economic crisis
Venezuela's chief prosecutor has ordered the arrest of the former head of the state oil company, accusing him of bankrupting the downtrodden country's primary source of income
Puerto Rico's governor has submitted a revised fiscal plan that estimates Puerto Rico's economy will shrink by 11 percent and its population drop by nearly eight percent next year
Powell taking over as Fed chairman at time of economic calm but with potential risks
Senate approves Jerome Powell as next chairman of Federal Reserve
President Donald Trump plans to meet with world leaders, dine with business executives and declare America "open for business" during his trip to the Davos summit
Top financial officials in Puerto Rico offered a peek Friday into why the U.S. territory is mired in an 11-year recession as a federal control board demanded more transparency and information about the island's finances
A top official's claim that Venezuelan opposition leaders helped reveal the hideout of a rebel police officer who was later killed by security forces have stalled talks that aim to resolve the country's deep political and economic crisis
