The Christian Science Monitor
Friday, March 13, 2009 - 00:00
Together, they can make democratic politics and market economies work for everyone in Latin America.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 00:00
In recent years, Colombian drug cartels have begun flying small planes across the Atlantic, landing on tiny islands dotting the Guinean coastline
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
Though the Sandinistas already control all four branches of government and a majority of the municipalities, the former revolutionary party is equally concerned with controlling the streets, which they claim belong to them.
Monday, February 23, 2009 - 00:00
The drug gangs have seemed impervious to government offensives. They instead have gotten bolder
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 00:00
What Specter and the rest of the US can learn from Latin America is this: If we are to control our own destiny, we must reclaim our past
Monday, February 16, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuelans voted Sunday to scrap presidential term limits, opening the door for their leftist president to rule indefinitely
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 00:00
Latin America and the Caribbean – where 78 percent of residents live in cities – is the world's most urbanized developing region
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico suffered one of its worst days of drug violence this year Tuesday, highlighting that, even as the Obama administration turns its sights to Afghanistan and Pakistan, a major policy challenge is burning right on the border
Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 00:00
Inflation of 31 percent and continuing food shortages are presenting major problems for President Hugo Chavez as he asks Venezuelans on Feb. 15 to lift term limits
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 00:00
Officials want to tap vast reserves to produce electric-car batteries, but threat of nationalization could scare off foreign investors