The Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 00:00
Leaders of nine South American nations called Monday for Bolivians to "take all actions necessary" to help calm the domestic turmoil threatening to split this fractured Andean country apart.
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 00:00
We shouldn't rise to their bait. Already, some members of Congress are calling to rescind trade preferences for Bolivia, but that's a poorly thought-out step
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 00:00
Sporadic clashes were reported Sunday on roads outside this eastern city, center of opposition to President Evo Morales. Many Bolivians expressed fears that a tense situation could spin out of control
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 00:00
Mexico's public safety secretary, Genaro Garcia Luna, hopes to reform the nation's long-troubled police. Among other steps, he has consolidated several agencies into a Federal Police force of nearly 25,000
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 00:00
Drug money and corruption have long tainted law enforcement. But Genaro Garcia Luna, with President Calderon's backing and the aid of technology, may succeed in reforming the system, analysts say
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 00:00
Cuba's National Defense Council for Disaster Cases identified four people killed by the latest hurricane
Monday, September 8, 2008 - 00:00
In Colombia, body counts have been the primary measure of the military's success against the guerrillas, and noncombatants tell of soldiers shooting innocents, then alleging that the victims belonged to the FARC
Monday, September 8, 2008 - 00:00
Four Russian vessels and 1,000 Russian military personnel are to participate. The move could further strain Washington-Moscow ties
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 00:00
Colombian authorities, seeking to head off a potential environmental disaster, were still searching Tuesday for two missing cyanide barrels that had been aboard a ferry that capsized
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 00:00
A new law allows President Felipe Calderon to give his state of the nation report without having to appear before Congress, a move that avoids disturbances