The Los Angeles Times
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 00:00
Enrique Pena Nieto appears to have unstoppable momentum over his rivals. Not that a major scandal for his PRI party couldn't change things.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 00:00
The Rastrojos are thought to be among the most powerful of half a dozen Colombian cocaine cartels known as bacrims, which is Spanish shorthand for criminal bands.
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 00:00
In a video posted on YouTube, a self-described commander with the Colombian rebel group FARC said the insurgents are holding French journalist Romeo Langlois.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 00:00
Little chance of a credible arrest. Little chance of charges or a successful prosecution for her killer or killers.
Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 00:00
Over the three years that the Colombia and Panama free-trade agreements were blocked, our patient friends in Latin America were left to wonder whether the U.S. still cared about them.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
The Mexican demographic trends and the U.S. political shift toward increased enforcement mean that immigration from Mexico is probably down for the long run.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
The "inconformes," as the dissenters are called, claim unfair or corrupt practices among party officials in Mexico City.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a half-hour telephone call to a state-run television station, claiming reports of his demise were part of a "dirty war."
Monday, April 23, 2012 - 00:00
Gen. Mario Acosta Chaparro was accused in 2000 of ties to the Juarez drug cartel in northern Mexico, but later exonerated. A lone gunman shot him three times.
Monday, April 23, 2012 - 00:00
Two local Mexican journalists were among the victims, officials said, but were not believed to have been targets.