The Nation
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 00:00
Much of the killing in Juarez bears less resemblance to warfare between cartels than to criminal anarchy.
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 00:00
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 9 percent of Americans are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol, and less than a quarter of these receive substance abuse treatment.
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 00:00
The plan runs as follows: first, Rio's military police special forces will invade the favelas and suppress the gangs. Then regular military police units will establish permanent bases and begin patrols.
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 00:00
People involved in the resistance were bursting with political energy, with an utterly new faith in their power. But they were also well aware of how dangerous the situation is.
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 00:00
That the large aid organizations are not reaching out to community-based organizations, much less consulting them, is nothing new in Haiti.
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 00:00
In recent years, Washington has experienced a fast erosion of its influence in South America, driven by the rise of Brazil, the region's left turn, the growing influence of China and Venezuela's use of oil revenue to promote a multipolar diplomacy.
Friday, October 9, 2009 - 00:00
Micheletti's crackdown reveals more than his own desperation. It suggests the larger dilemma of Latin American conservatives
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 00:00
The president awarded the nation's hghest civilian honor to South American strongman whose government maintains links with right-wing paramilitary death squads
Saturday, December 6, 2008 - 00:00
Even as many of Venezuela's poorest have seen their lives improve, mismanagement and corruption have become hallmarks of Chavez's government
Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 00:00
As populist movements grow stronger in Latin America, threatening US financial interests as well as the standing of right-wing US political allies in the region, the "war on drugs" is becoming an increasingly central part of US counterinsurgency