The Los Angeles Times
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
The wealthy city is perhaps paying the price for tolerating the presence of drug traffickers for so many years. Now, 'security is collapsing,' an official says.
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 00:00
The government had asked everyone to register their phones, but many refused, citing fears of spying or other misuse of the data. It turns out they were right.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 00:00
Output is expected to reach at least 1.2 million barrels a day by the end of 2012, one oil company official says, nearly double the average daily production reached last year.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 00:00
U.S. authorities are prosecuting a top government leader who allegedly had his own police and state government workers help the Juarez Cartel push cocaine into the United States.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 00:00
The situation casts a spotlight on what human rights activists say is one of the most troubling aspects of the military's conduct of the drug war: that the army is allowed to investigate itself in cases involving questionable tactics.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 00:00
Chavez seems at a loss as to how to respond, political analyst Ricardo Sucre said, and an increasing number of supporters, suffering from rampant inflation, high crime, scarcities and power outages, are feeling "Chavez fatigue."
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 00:00
Colombian authorities have detained a lawmaker with ties to President Alvaro Uribe on allegations of receiving drug money.
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 00:00
A proposal to build a container port in a pristine bay on Colombia's coast frequented by humpback whales has raised an outcry among environmentalists who say the project would put the giant mammals at risk.
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 00:00
Across the Port-au-Prince region, Haitian and international officials are confronting the tricky task of balancing the needs of more than a million homeless with the urge of many others to resume a more normal life.
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 00:00
Felipe Munoz, 39, a lifelong technocrat who studied at Columbia University and the London School of Economics, was brought in to reform DAS in January 2009.