Tracy Wilkinson
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 00:00
The five journalists killed this month were victims of drive-by shootings in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, and other cities.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 00:00
Ten students on their way to receive government scholarships were killed by gunmen at a checkpoint in the state of Durango.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 00:00
She and both her parents were imprisoned and tortured under Chile's military dictatorship; her father died. Now, as president, she hesitated before calling on military to confront post-quake unrest.
Friday, February 26, 2010 - 00:00
President Felipe Calderon confronts an allegation long circulated that his government has gone easier on the Sinaloa cartel.
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 00:00
The talks in Havana focused on immigration issues and a U.S. request for the release of an American contractor. But U.S. delegates also met dissidents, infuriating Cuban officials.
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 00:00
In a bad-record year for the killings and jailings of journalists worldwide, Latin America remains a dangerous place, according to an annual survey by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists.
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 00:00
Angry crowds greeted Calderon as he arrived in a heavily guarded Ciudad Juarez. The president said it was time to launch a much-discussed expansion of the drug war to include efforts aimed at tackling social issues.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 00:00
A cottage industry has exploded alongside the skyrocketing kidnapping rate: telephoned shakedowns that play on fears, in which the perpetrators scamming for pesos make random, scattershot calls.
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 00:00
They are mostly light-skinned, multilingual entrepreneurs with a dismal reputation for profiting handsomely on the backs of the poorest people in the hemisphere
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
The U.S. expects to have airports in Jacmel, Haiti, and the Dominican capital ready to receive aid shipments within 48 hours. Meanwhile, a lack of fuel hinders the supply chain