The Los Angeles Times
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 00:00
Advisers said the Rio slum tour was designed to call attention to his push for reducing violence, a major concern for Latin American countries.
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 00:00
Julian Leyzaola, who is credited with restoring law and order to Tijuana, is named public safety secretary in Ciudad Juarez, where drug cartels have made the city the most violent in Mexico.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 00:00
A woman and two men tied to the U.S. Consulate in El Paso were ambushed last year in Mexico. The indictments also target 25 other members of the Barrio Azteca organization.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 00:00
It was the first known case of kidnapped oil workers in Colombia since March 2010.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 00:00
As part of a regional counter-narcotics push, Colombia is helping train the armed forces of Mexico and 13 other Latin American and Caribbean nations, many of which get U.S. financial assistance.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 00:00
A lack of resources, a policy against arming agents and staffers who don't speak Spanish hamper U.S. agents trying to stem the flow of weapons to drug cartels, say current and ex-staff members.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 00:00
Colombian officials reported that 23 oil field workers were kidnapped Monday in the eastern state of Vichada.
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 00:00
Both are right of center, but Michel Martelly is a naughty-boy singer with no political experience and Mirlande Manigat is a 70-year-old former first lady and respected scholar.
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 00:00
In a chilling byproduct of the drug war raging in Mexico, thousands of people have disappeared.
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 00:00
That same judiciary this week ordered the movie pulled from theaters. The reason? One of the prosecution witnesses in the case claims he never gave permission for footage of him to be used.