The Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 00:00
If ex-President Nestor Kirchner's death shattered the political plans of Argentina's most powerful duo, it also spurred support that could resuscitate the fortunes of his wife, the current president.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 00:00
A powerful pre-dawn pipeline explosion in a central Mexican state left at least 28 people dead on Sunday.
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 00:00
Congress allows him to govern by decree for the next 18 months. He says it's necessary to deal with widespread flooding, but critics say it's a way to get around the new Congress, in which his party's majority is reduced.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 00:00
The Nicaraguan president also is believed to have used money from drug traffickers to finance electoral fraud, according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 00:00
If the long-term goal is to halt the movement of narcotics from Mexico to the United States, then a better measure of progress is just that: the drug flow.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 00:00
Federal police say they have arrested Jose Alfredo Landa Torres, known as 'Skinny'.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 00:00
In a military-style invasion Sunday, 800 troops supported 1,800 police using armored cars and helicopters in an operation to pacify the Complexo do Alemao slum.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 00:00
If WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange needs a home, Ecuador's deputy foreign minister says this Andean nation is happy to provide one.
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 00:00
Arturo Gallegos Castrellon is described as the main leader of the Aztecas street gang. Mexican authorities say he confessed to numerous killings.
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 00:00
This was fast looking like the U.N.-staged farce many Haitians had predicted it would be.