The Los Angeles Times
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 00:00
President Funes commemorates the 30th anniversary of the assassination. He asks forgiveness on behalf of the state for the slaying and for the 'thousands of innocent victims' of the civil war.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 00:00
Oswaldo Alvarez Paz said in a TV program that Venezuela has become a drug-trafficking hub. Opponents say his arrest is the latest effort by President Hugo Chavez's government to suppress dissent.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 00:00
"If the fundamental institution of any state, the armed forces, can't prevail in the battle against narco-trafficking, then what is next?" asked Jose Luis Pineyro, an expert on national security at Mexico City's Autonomous Metropolitan Universit
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 00:00
"If the fundamental institution of any state, the armed forces, can't prevail in the battle against narco-trafficking, then what is next?" asked Jose Luis Pineyro, an expert on national security at Mexico City's Autonomous Metropolitan Universit
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 00:00
Press freedoms in countries throughout the Western Hemisphere are facing serious threats from authoritarian governments, especially in Venezuela and communist-led Cuba, a group representing news media from across the Americas warned Sunday.
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 00:00
Rendon, 44, is cooperating with authorities in Colombia investigating mass killings and forced displacements of thousands of poor farmers, a factor cited by the court
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 00:00
President Sebastian Pinera says he will use money in the Copper Stabilization Fund to help rebuild after the earthquake, which caused an estimated $30 billion in damage
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 00:00
Renewed feuding in Nuevo Laredo between drug gangs spurs old fears amid dozens of deaths
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 00:00
President Sebastian Pinera says he will use money in the Copper Stabilization Fund to help rebuild after the earthquake, which caused an estimated $30 billion in damage.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 00:00
Defeating the drug cartels depends not on soldiers in the street and strongman tactics but on a more transparent, effective rule of law.