The Huffington Post
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 00:00
When the top brass of U.S. and Mexican security met in Mexico City March 24, they took historic steps to ratchet up U.S. involvement in Mexico's failed drug war. At the same time, Mexicans are demanding an end to the disastrous strategy.
Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 00:00
It tends to underemphasize the power shifts that have occurred in the hemisphere, the variation in terms of institutional development, the opportunities that exist, or the role of the private sector.
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 00:00
While the missions of aid groups are far different than those of traditional news organizations, their role in telling Haiti's stories is illustrative of what NGOs can and are doing to fill the growing geographic gap in foreign reporting.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 00:00
The largest mass grave unearthed in Colombia was discovered by accident last year just outside a Colombian Army base in La Macarena.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 00:00
It is a formidable task, with as much chance of failure as success, to rebuild a country under plans resembling Plato's Republic in the Caribbean.
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 00:00
One of several lines of investigation being pursued by the FBI and Mexican officials is that the hit men staked out the wrong place and then followed orders to attack white SUVS
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 00:00
Haitians and some aid workers wondered whether U.N. peacekeepers and local police are up to the task of maintaining order.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 00:00
In the traditional sense, six years of swatting mosquitoes, eating lentils and rice, and sleeping in the mud wasn't great prep for a would-be senator. But Rojas focuses on the sunny side - a key survival mechanism.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 00:00
The president of Haiti said Sunday the death toll from his country's earthquake could reach 300,000 once all the bodies are recovered from wrecked buildings.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 00:00
Plan Colombia's glaring shortcomings obscure the more modest accomplishments to which Admiral Mullen alluded. The plan has failed to reach either of its two fundamental objectives.