The Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 00:00
If anything, the violence, at least in the short term, may surge as rivals and potential successors of Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, alias Z-40, head of the Zetas paramilitary gang, battle to take his place or his turf
Monday, May 27, 2013 - 00:00
The agreement on agrarian reform, considered a crucial element of any broader accord, is a boost for President Juan Manuel Santos
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 00:00
Michoacan was probably chosen because it was fast spiraling into chaos. Parts of the state were awash in lawlessness, crippled by a cartel calling itself the Knights Templar
Monday, May 6, 2013 - 00:00
As Brazil prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics, it still faces logistical, infrastructure and security issues
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 00:00
Those in position to take over don't appear to have the same hunger for regional leadership or the skill to take on such a role, say current and former U.S. officials and other analysts
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
Mexico's new president, Enrique Pena Nieto, opposes legalization, but he also told CNN recently that the news from Washington and Colorado "could bring us to rethinking the strategy"
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
On Saturday, Chavez confidant and former army comrade Diosdado Cabello was reelected as National Assembly president, a key position that would make him the leader in any process to call a new election
Friday, January 4, 2013 - 00:00
By Dec. 31, when the pilot was supposed to end, about 900 weapons had been turned in
Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 00:00
Opposition leaders Wednesday demanded that the cancer-stricken leader's administration say whether he expects to be sworn in Jan. 10
Monday, December 31, 2012 - 00:00
Under the government of President Felipe Calderon, whose six-year term ended Dec. 1, the use of torture by state security forces soared to unprecedented levels