Manuel Roig-Franzia
Monday, October 8, 2007 - 00:00
Costa Rica appeared headed late Sunday toward approval of a trade pact with the United States after a count of 88.7 percent of polling stations showed 51.6 percent of voters in favor of the trade deal
Saturday, October 6, 2007 - 00:00
Even before its unveiling, a massive proposed U.S. aid package to help Mexico battle drug trafficking is spawning some unease, grumbles and words of caution
Friday, October 5, 2007 - 00:00
Mexico's top diplomat for North America announced Thursday that the United States and Mexico have come to terms on a proposed $1 billion, two-year aid package
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 - 00:00
Mexico's crackdown on drug cartels and stepped-up U.S. border enforcement have disrupted the flow of illegal drugs and caused cocaine supply shortages in 37 U.S. cities, including Washington
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 00:00
It was 1:15 p.m., time to worship the statue of Maximon, a squat, roughly carved wooden deity beloved here by those who believe in his power to grant favors and feared for punishing those who do not pay him proper respect
Monday, September 10, 2007 - 00:00
1 million first-time registered voters in a country where discriminatory practices often made it difficult for villagers to vote
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 - 00:00
Hurricanes swept ashore in Nicaragua and Mexico within hours of each other Tuesday, the first time Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes have made landfall on the same day since 1998
Monday, September 3, 2007 - 00:00
At a secret location somewhere in Nicaragua, shoulder-fired missiles capable of taking down a jetliner lie behind heavy fencing and locked double doors
Sunday, September 2, 2007 - 00:00
President Felipe Calderon, blocked from delivering the traditional state-of-the-union address to his nation's Congress, called Sunday for changing the format of an annual rite that has become a chaotic embarrassment
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 00:00
Days after rumors of his death swept the Internet, Fidel Castro mused about the U.S. presidential election in an editorial published Tuesday in the Communist Party newspaper