The Miami Herald
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 00:00
The U.S. Agency for International Development said in a document that the program is aimed at "marginalized groups," such as those living in rural areas, ethnic and religious minorities, orphans and vulnerable children, rural women and people wi
Monday, August 2, 2010 - 00:00
Under debate, though, is who is best qualified to respond to natural disasters. Now, as Haiti enters the height of the hurricane season and its potential for flash floods and landslides, that question takes on more urgency.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 00:00
This latest diplomatic crisis will pass, if only to resurface sometime in the near future.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 00:00
South American leaders are meeting in Ecuador Thursday to discuss a week-long crisis over rebel camps involving Colombia and Venezuela.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 00:00
As the Pentagon seeks to broaden its mandate to include humanitarian missions, the USS Iwo Jima is anchored off Haiti's north coast to provide healthcare, ferry cargo for more than 20 nongovernmental organizations and offer training for the armed forces.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 00:00
Mexico's justice system is carried out largely in secret and has long been viciously corrupt. Add a drug war that Calderon intensified, and the system has been overrun.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 00:00
At least seven journalists have been killed in Mexico so far in 2010. Many more Mexican reporters have received threats from drug gangs.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 00:00
With vital legislative elections looming Sept. 26, the government has given notice that no media outlet is too large -- or small -- to escape scrutiny.
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 00:00
Almost every month, heavily armed squads break into a rehab center somewhere in Mexico and gun down those who are thought to be rivals from competing narcotics syndicates, along with innocent patients.
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 00:00
The real issue now is whether Santos, after his victory, can shift to the center and a more social-democratic approach to Colombia's problems.