The Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 00:00
A 1940s experiment in Guatemala saw people deliberately infected with syphilis without their knowledge by U.S. doctors. Are there more such immoral cases we don't know about?
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 00:00
Last time around, Venezuela's opposition boycotted the election. This time, the groups eliminated Hugo Chavez's two-thirds majority in the National Assembly, possibly returning some checks and balances.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 00:00
Gustavo Sanchez of Tancitaro in Michoacan state is found beaten to death with rocks, authorities say. He is the fifth mayor in Mexico killed in six weeks.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 00:00
Comments made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton comparing Mexico's drug war to a Colombia-style "insurgency" touched off a flurry of debate over the parallels between the two conflicts.
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 00:00
Comparisons took on a new urgency after a statement by Hillary Clinton, but a careful look at tactics, targets and the nature of the foe shows they're apples and oranges.
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's ruling Socialist Party won a majority in parliament, but the opposition surpassed the crucial one-third of seats.
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 00:00
Plan Colombia appears to have brought more security to a nation the Pentagon once said was on the road to being a narco-state. But dissenters say the crackdown has a dark side.
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
By recognizing the parallels between the two conflicts, the U.S. and Mexico can learn valuable lessons from Colombia's battle with narco-insurgents.
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 00:00
The appointment of Michelle Bachelet to head the U.N.'s new women's issues agency adds stature and star power to the agenda for gender equality.
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 00:00
The victims worked for Diario de Juarez, a newspaper that has not stopped reporting on drug-gang violence.