The Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 00:00
A lawyer for Dole says men were recruited to pose as injured banana workers in a scheme to collect millions in damages. He says witnesses feared being killed if they testified about the fraud.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 00:00
An opposition leader who faces charges of corruption says he wouldn't get a fair trial
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
Father Manuel Corral, a spokesman for the Mexican Bishops Conference, said Monday that priests in eight Mexican states have been threatened with harm or death, presumably by drug traffickers.
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
The president says Americans want him to interact with foreign leaders and that the U.S. has nothing to fear from Venezuela. He stresses importance of collaboration and earning goodwill
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
Mexicans are gratified by the visiting President Barack Obama's repeated expressions of goodwill and partnership. But they are cautious, because there is a history of thwarted expectations.
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
The president signals hope for an end to Cold War acrimony, welcoming Havana's unprecedented gesture a day earlier.
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 00:00
It was difficult to find Mexico's traditional anti-Americanism Thursday in the crowds straining to glimpse President Obama -- or even in the small protests staged to attract his attention
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
His capture could set off a violent power struggle within the illicit drug world
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
Washington and Bogota have enjoyed a close partnership over the last decade, but Uribe's reelection push is bound to complicate the country's relationship
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 00:00
Mayors say they are the ones personally confronting the toll of drug violence on the streets. Yet they lack any meaningful role in the federal government's battle against organized crime.