The Miami Herald
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 00:00
Elite Squad isn't a documentary, but it claims to tell the true stories of 12 former officers from the black-uniformed paramilitary unit whose insignia -- a dagger-impaled skull -- strikes fear into residents of Rio's nearly 700 shantytowns
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 00:00
Prison doctors on Tuesday denied claims that former President Alberto Fujimori, detained here awaiting trial on corruption and murder charges, is in poor health and should be transferred to a hospital
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 00:00
A government commission was formed to investigate former Mexico President Fox's wealth
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 00:00
Ecuador's leftist president said he would not follow the lead of his close Venezuelan ally Hugo Chavez and seek to abolish limits on his re-election
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 00:00
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega unleashed an anti-U.S. diatribe at the U.N. General Assembly
Monday, September 24, 2007 - 00:00
The Chilean Supreme Court has expanded the global reach of human-rights law by approving the extradition of former Peruvian strongman Alberto Fujimori
Monday, September 24, 2007 - 00:00
A massacre that left 15 dead in 1991 could be Alberto Fujimori's biggest legal challenge now that the ex-president has been extradited to Peru
Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 00:00
In the eight years since he took office, Chavez has emerged as Latin America's most visible and controversial leader, electrifying leftist movements internationally while controlling a vast source of oil
Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 00:00
Former President Alberto Fujimori returned to Peru on Saturday to face charges of corruption and sanctioning death-squad killings
Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 00:00
I was really surprised about the level of optimism about Latin America among the top government officials, international economists and business tycoons who attended The Miami Herald Americas Conference