PRI
Monday, March 7, 2016 - 06:57
Last year President Barack Obama announced a new outpost in the US global war on Islamic terrorism. The plan calls for 300 troops to be assigned to a new drone base in a remote part of north Cameroon, close to the country’s tense border with Nigeria, where Boko Haram has carried out deadly attacks and kidnappings.
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 06:42
The Mexican government has trumpeted its successes in taking down major drug cartels. One would expect a subsequent decline in crime and homicide rates — but the opposite is happening.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 06:44
Gang violence is skyrocketing in El Salvador. May finished with more than 600 murders, more than any previous month since the country's civil war that ended in the early 1990s. Young people are often the victims, but the members of the The Rescue Command are on the front lines in a different way.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 07:41
As Venezuela’s economic crisis grinds on, airline tickets are increasingly hard to come by because airlines have reduced their flights or grounded operations entirely
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 00:00
We've just arrived in La Macarena, a hundred miles south of Bogota, and it looks very different from what I remember.
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 00:00
On YouTube, the dueling music videos have produced a stalemate – just like the war itself. Each video has received about 13,000 hits
Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 00:00
For years, families on both sides of the border have lived apart, with Mexicans in the US without papers afraid of visiting home and then being unable to cross back.
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 00:00
Those sorts of rumors are what legends are born of, adding mystique and a touch of invincibility to the cartels.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 00:00
Authorities there this week intercepted a 55 foot submarine loaded with a US bound cargo of cocaine.