Jonathan M. Katz
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:21
The United States government, which spent more than $4 billion in assistance to El Salvador’s military during the conflict — including training the Atlacatl Battalion, which massacred the Jesuits — is now working to bring some of the officers it once partnered with to justice.
Monday, August 24, 2015 - 06:59
Each year, thousands of Haitians venture east into the Dominican Republic in search of low-wage jobs in agriculture and construction and at the big all-inclusive resorts.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 00:00
An alleged drug trafficker suspected of helping abduct and kill 20 Mexican tourists has been arrested in the resort city of Acapulco, federal police said Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
"The secretary may announce how we're repackaging some of our own assistance. But ... this is not a donors conference," Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela told reporters.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 00:00
"I was the one who started a democratic process. When they talk to me about tyranny it makes me laugh, it gives me the impression that people are suffering from amnesia," Duvalier said.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 00:00
Protesters have set fire to the headquarters of the ruling political party over disputed election results.
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 00:00
A leaked memo by a U.S. ambassador to Haiti said President Rene Preval's primary concern ahead of last weekend's election for his successor was to ensure the winner would not force him into exile.
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 00:00
A leaked memo by a U.S. ambassador to Haiti said President Rene Preval's primary concern ahead of last weekend's election for his successor was to ensure the winner would not force him into exile.
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 00:00
It began as a rumor that farmers saw waste from a U.N. peacekeeping base flow into a river.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 00:00
Researchers should determine whether United Nations peacekeepers were the source of a deadly outbreak of cholera in Haiti.