The Los Angeles Times
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 00:00
For the second time in a month, the Mexican government has formally taken responsibility for military abuses committed years ago, a step demanded by a series of international human rights court rulings
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 00:00
Two students are dead after a confrontation between police and rural teaching students in the southern state of Guerrero, in an incident that is reminding many here of the history of brutal crackdowns against leftist protesters
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 00:00
Even opponents of the bill, however, recognized the predicament, and it’s one that is repeated in parts of Peru, Colombia and elsewhere in South America: the lack of central government representation for states that are resource-rich (be it mining, gas
Monday, December 12, 2011 - 00:00
Valdes is a retired army lieutenant colonel. While Lerner was seen as conciliatory, Valdes’ image is more hard line
Friday, December 9, 2011 - 00:00
De la Cruz, 73, was abducted as he rode with about 18 other activists in a caravan sponsored by the Movement for Peace With Justice and Dignity
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican authorities announced Wednesday that they had busted an international smuggling ring that was planning to sneak a son of Moammar Kadafi into Mexico
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 00:00
Republican stalling tactics on the nomination of Roberta Jacobson and the appointment Mari Carmen Aponte threaten to further isolate the U.S. from Caribbean and Latin American neighbors
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 00:00
Gross' fate, like Cuba policy generally, is now being sacrificed to electoral politics in Florida
Monday, December 5, 2011 - 00:00
Calderon said interference in elections by drug gangs "is a new fact, a worrisome fact." "It is a threat to everyone," he said
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 00:00
Marches will be held Tuesday throughout Colombia to protest the killings by leftist rebels of four military hostages held 11 years or more