The Daily Beast
Friday, March 29, 2013 - 00:00
The trial under Chief Justice Jazmin Barrios, which began March 19, is expected to drag on for weeks and maybe months, but already is stirring comment across the globe.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 00:00
While the Border Patrol highlights Mexican drug mules, three in four of those arrested by the agency for drug-related offenses are U.S. citizens.
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
What could ensue is precisely what Venezuela’s democratic opposition fears most—a state of political limbo that would conveniently bend the constitutional rules and keep the ruling claque in power indefinitely
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 00:00
Nicolas Ivie, 30, was fatally shot as he and two other agents were on horseback responding to a tripped motion sensor in a remote mountainous area about five miles from the Mexican border.
Thursday, August 2, 2012 - 00:00
The new authoritarians catch on fast. Since coming to power in 1999, Chavez has become a master at gaming democracy.
Monday, July 30, 2012 - 00:00
On top of this mythic, ancestral, commercial, isolated city there is another city, cultured and part of the world. The two cities fight and disapprove of each other.
Monday, June 18, 2012 - 00:00
Lula seems hellbent on parlaying his charisma into shaping the next generation of Brazilian politicians.
Monday, June 18, 2012 - 00:00
Mexico's generals are both heroes and enemies in their country.
Monday, May 14, 2012 - 00:00
President Dilma Rousseff is scheduled to install a long-awaited Truth Commission that will be probing crimes and human-rights violations committed during the military years. One of the star witnesses will be Claudio Guerra.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 00:00
The Walmart bribery scandal is a fresh example of the U.S. double standard toward its southern neighbor.