McClatchy DC
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
A policy to shoot down drug-laden aircraft has come into favor and fallen out of favor in the past in Latin America, depending partly on the mood in Washington.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 00:00
Forces on the right see a chance to remove Paz y Paz, while Guatemalan progressive groups, the U.S. government and others in the international community back her, saying a decision to remove her would endanger the rule of law.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 00:00
Jorge Sosa Orantes, now 55, was a lieutenant when he led fellow Guatemalan commandos into the Dos Erres jungle hamlet and killed villagers, according to a Justice Department statement.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 00:00
The allegations against Tomas Yarrington, who governed Tamaulipas from 1999 to 2004, marked the latest attempt by U.S. prosecutors to prove that organized crime has penetrated deeply into Mexican politics at the state level.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 00:00
It is a success story of sorts, if you call one illegal armed group supplanting a more powerful one as improvement.