Judicial Reform
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 00:00
The diplomatic fallout continues after Suriname's parliament awarded President Bouterse amnesty for any involvement in the 1982 December Murders.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 00:00
Peru's Constitutional Tribunal, the country's highest court, is expected to make a decision on a case involving Newmont Mining Corp.'s (NEM) stalled Minas Conga copper and gold project in two months, the president of the court said.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 00:00
As drug gangs like the Sinaloa Cartel continue to penetrate Central America, even state institutions in relatively peaceful Costa Rica are becoming increasingly infiltrated by organized crime.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 00:00
Benjamin Arellano Felix, longtime leader of the notorious Tijuana drug cartel, was sentenced in federal court in San Diego on Monday to 25 years in prison following an agreement reached between his defense team and the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 00:00
The decision on whether to uphold the April 2011 ruling from the Ninth Circuit, which barred certain provisions of SB 1070 from taking effect, will fundamentally shape the way immigration policy is determined in the United States.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 00:00
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday urged Brazil's Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that acquitted the accused rapist of three teenage girls because they were allegedly prostitutes.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 00:00
Because while Gonzalez is back in Cuba now, he can't stay. Over the objections of the Obama administration, US federal Judge Joan Lenard granted him a two-week furlough to visit his dying brother, who is suffering from lung cancer.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 00:00
"El Benja" Arellano sera condenado a una sentencia reducida, acordada entre sus abogados defensores y la Procuraduria Federal en San Diego por declararse culpable de los cargos, segun indicaron medios locales este domingo.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 00:00
Daniel Zamudio, a 24-year-old gay Chilean, died on March 27 following an attack by a group of self-described neo-Nazis.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 00:00
Officials from both countries are currently working towards a dramatic reform of the Mexican system and now Brownsville has its own connection to the program called Proyecto Diamante.