Nick Miroff
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 06:14
The oil workers have been here more than a month but cannot leave, not even to go into the nearby town. It’s too dangerous
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 00:00
Pena Nieto and his team have made a strategic calculation to spend political capital and lose popularity at the outset of his term in hopes of reaping rewards later
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 00:00
Sinaloa cartel lieutenant Jesus Vicente Zambada-­Niebla, also known as "El Vicentillo" or "El Mayito" (...) pleaded guilty a year ago to helping direct a vast drug trafficking operation.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 00:00
Officials say the spread is the result of a shrewd marketing strategy developed by Mexican traffickers. They have targeted areas with the worst prescription pill abuse, sending heroin pushers to "set up right outside the methadone clinics"
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has moved forcefully in recent days to extinguish the month-long protests against his government, sending security forces to clear barricaded streets while he taunts his opponents with new, lurid insults.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 00:00
Analysts in the region wonder whether Correa represents a new model of Latin American leadership: economically populist, socially conservative, quasi-authoritarian - and seemingly unbeatable at election time
Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 00:00
With Chavez, her 23rd of January neighborhood got a new health clinic, better public lighting and new homes. But now there are crushing lines at supermarkets for basic goods.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 00:00
After more than two weeks of daily protests that have left at least 14 dead and 150 injured, Maduro is stumbling toward Wednesday's anniversary of ­Chavez's death.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 00:00
David Smilde, a senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America and a longtime Venezuela observer, said he expects Carnaval to bring a lull in the tensions over the next few days.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 00:00
Now Mexican officials are bracing for how the country's most powerful drug cartel will react to the capture of its capo.