The stage is now set: on the one side, Colombian legal arguments backed by apparently strong evidence; on the other, ideology. The battle for Latin America’s soul has resumed (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Bolívar’s bones and the battle of ideas (source: FT)

Venezuela ceases relations with its South American neighbour after the Organisation of American States hears accusations that Caracas is harbouring some 1,500 guerrillas (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Chavez breaks diplomatic ties with Colombia (source: FT)

The former Cuban president, who has retreated from regular public view since ceding power to his brother Raúl four years ago, appears on state television to warn that war between the US and Iran is imminent (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Fidel Castro makes rare TV appearance (source: FT)

The leader of a violent gang suspected of murdering three people linked to a US consulate in northern Mexico was arrested, Mexico’s federal police said (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Mexican gang leader arrested (source: FT)

Scan the globe and it is hard to find a more striking contrast than between the anti-Americanism of Hugo Chávez in socialist Venezuela and the business-friendly stance of its neighbour, Colombia (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Bogotá versus the Bolivarians (source: FT)

The football and apathy could be Juan Manuel Santos’s greatest enemies in the country’s presidential poll on Sunday (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Santos vies with World Cup in Colombia poll (source: FT)

US policy towards Latin America since the cold war has largely been characterised by a lack of interest. Now it has been replaced by fine words, a welcome change (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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US fine words replace lack of LatAm interest (source: FT)

President Obama will meet Sunday with the Rev. Billy Graham before leaving North Carolina to attend the memorial service for 29 West Virginia coal miners killed in a recent explosion

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Obama to meet with Rev. Billy Graham (source: CNN)

President Obama will deliver a eulogy on Sunday for the 29 workers killed in a mine explosion in West Virginia. (source: CNN) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Obama to attend service for West Virginia miners (source: CNN)

The chief executive of Moody’s admitted to a Senate panel that the US credit rating agency failed to anticipate the severe deterioration in the US housing market that led to the financial crisis and was “not satisfied” with its performance. (source: FT) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Moody’s chief admits failure over crisis (source: FT)