The Los Angeles Times
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican authorities fired seven regional directors of the country's immigration agency Thursday after allegations that its officers in northern Mexico had delivered Central American migrants to kidnapping gangs.
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 00:00
The drug war is perceived as Mexico's, not ours, never mind that the weapons doing the bloodletting are in great part supplied by the United States.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 00:00
A key FARC suspect was arrested at a Caracas airport after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos personally telephoned Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, officials say, in another sign of improved ties between the nations.
Monday, April 25, 2011 - 00:00
There were clues but nothing was done, and now at least 177 bodies have been unearthed. Demand grows for dismissing the state's elected but apparently ineffective officials.
Friday, April 22, 2011 - 00:00
Latin America has long been an export platform for the world's automakers. But carmakers increasingly are focusing on selling to customers in the region.
Friday, April 22, 2011 - 00:00
To be sure, southbound traffic Thursday out of the capital was heavy. But tourism officials acknowledged that they expected lower occupancy rates in many areas.
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 00:00
Beefed-up enforcement and the job-killing effects of the great recession have combined to reduce the flood of immigrants in many former hot spots to a trickle.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 00:00
The richest man on the planet lives in Mexico, as do millions of people existing below the poverty line. Yet rich and poor repeatedly intersect.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 00:00
American judgment is not always foolproof, American planning is not always successful and the use of power is rarely predictable, and should be undertaken only as a last resort.
Monday, April 18, 2011 - 00:00
In the last few years, they have established a prosperous retail industry, with cartels staking out "market territories," lining up smuggling routes, and renting storage bins and drug houses.