The Los Angeles Times
Monday, July 11, 2011 - 00:00
Latin Grammy winner Susana Baca is building a center dedicated to Peru's African heritage. In combing the coast, she found songs rooted in the days of slavery, possibly saving them from extinction.
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 00:00
Two of President Dilma Rousseff's ministers have resigned recently amid accusations of corruption, complicating her efforts to run Latin America's largest country.
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 00:00
A three-judge panel delivered guilty verdicts on several counts after a two-week trial in Juarez.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 00:00
Residents said they felt abandoned by the government, even during a time of year - an election - when officials usually make sure to be extra-attentive to constituent needs.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 00:00
Jesus Rejon Aguilar, a Mexican army deserter, was wanted in the slaying of U.S. federal agent Jaime Zapata. Officials say he helped create the brutal paramilitary Zetas gang.
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 00:00
Reps. Elijah Cummings and Carolyn Maloney seek tighter restrictions to combat sales that supply Mexican drug cartels. Republicans say the move is meant to distract attention from the ATF's troubled Fast and Furious operation.
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 00:00
In Mexico state, the region of 15 million people that hugs this capital, political parties opposed to the PRI are crying foul.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 00:00
A Roman Catholic priest who has long championed the cause of migrant workers denounced on Monday what he said was another mass kidnapping of undocumented Central Americans, purportedly yanked from a train by masked gunmen.
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 00:00
Now, an estimated 200 tons of cocaine, or one-quarter of all that's manufactured yearly in Colombia and Peru, transits through Ecuador.
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 00:00
The agency failed in a border operation that let guns fall into criminals' hands. But Congress has failed to adopt sensible laws to prevent mass 'straw purchases' of arms destined for use in crimes.