QUITO, Ecuador, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The chief of the Ecuadorian presidential security detail has died from the H1N1 flu, government officials confirmed.

SAN RAMON, Calif., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Chevron welcomes a decision by authorities in Ecuador to launch a formal investigation into an alleged $3 billion scheme against the company, officials say.

CARACAS, Venezuela, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has scheduled a visit to Iran Saturday after talks with African and Middle East leaders during the Libya summit this week on forging strategic political, economic and possibly military alliances in the region.

HAVANA, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- New video and a photograph of Communist leader Fidel Castro revealed a healthier-looking former Cuban president than in previous photos, officials said.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Support for Manuel Jose Zelaya is fading fast at the Obama White House because of the ousted Honduran president's track record as a mercurial character whose past conduct has not helped U.S. interests in Latin America, analysts said.

QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The South American Nations summit in Ecuador's capital faces a mounting campaign by Latin American leaders to bring Colombian-U.S. military cooperation on its agenda. Venezuela, Bolivia and host Ecuador have said they are opposed to any U.S. military presence in Colombia, which Bogota says will be part of its war on drugs and terrorism.

BOGOTA, July 17 (UPI) -- Colombian and U.S. officials are working on a plan that would allow U.S. drug interdiction efforts in the region to use air bases in Colombia.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, July 1 (UPI) -- Elected President Manuel Zelaya said he will return to Honduras, despite having been removed from the country in a coup and threats that he will be arrested should he return.

QUITO, Ecuador, April 27 (UPI) -- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has become that country's first president to win re-election in 37 years.