The Houston Chronicle
Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 00:00
Financial tools that Americans take for granted, such as credit cards and affordable bank loans, seemed like science fiction in this country of 184 million, where annual interest rates regularly soar into the triple digits
Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 00:00
Police offered no explanation as to who made the bomb or its intended purpose. No individual or group took responsibility
Friday, February 15, 2008 - 00:00
In the latest grim twist to Mexico's drug wars, at least six bodies have been left this week on the streets of a major border city bearing signs warning people against participating in an army program for informing
Friday, February 15, 2008 - 00:00
The Venezuelan ambassador's pleas for civility and respect are welcome. It shouldn't be too much to ask that he send a cable back home making the same request to his boss
Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 00:00
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission, a semi-autonomous body, has proved adept at criticizing violations of citizens' rights but has failed to halt or prevent the practices
Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 00:00
Exxon Mobil Corp. won a court order Wednesday extending a freeze on as much as $315 million that would have been transferred to Venezuela's state-owned oil company
Friday, February 1, 2008 - 00:00
The position comes as human rights groups urge the federal government to do more to investigate the killings of women, especially along the northern border
Friday, February 1, 2008 - 00:00
Mexico has formally requested the United States investigate recent incidents in which Border Patrol officers fired tear gas onto the Mexican side of the border
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 00:00
President Calderon deserves credit for getting serious in the battle against bloody drug cartels.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
An indigenous-rights activist jailed for setting fire to a farm once owned by Mapuche Indians ended a 110-day hunger strike on Monday