The Christian Science Monitor
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
Nicaragua's leftist leader Daniel Ortega says constitutional limits on presidential terms stand in the way of 'direct democracy'
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuela's populist leader Hugo Chavez has put his armed forces on alert in response to Sunday's ouster of leftist President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras.
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 00:00
Indigenous groups say government is just trying to stop efforts to protect jungle from oil and logging development. More protests are planned today.
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 00:00
Protesters are fighting laws that would open their rainforest home to energy and agribusiness development
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:00
Recruitment and indoctrination are two pillars of the FARC's Plan Rebirth, launched to breathe new life into the 45-year-old rebel group after a series of serious blows to its command, morale, and finances
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers were recruited from academia by Fidel Castro's intelligence service - one of the best in the world
Friday, June 5, 2009 - 00:00
Cuba has shown no desire to rejoin. Socialist states like Venezuela and Nicaragua say they want to form an association that excludes the US
Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 00:00
Accusations that President Alvaro Colom helped orchestrate the murder of a prominent lawyer continue to intensify – deepening divisions in a country still recovering from a 36-year civil war.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
The freeing of more than 50 inmates at a state prison - allegedly by members of a drug cartel - garnered headlines worldwide
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 00:00
Fortified borders and a fracturing of drug cartels have led to a glut of drugs in Mexico, causing prices to drop and addiction rates to skyrocket