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Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 00:00
New vigilante cells are emerging in towns and villages across Michoacan and Guerrero every few days and there is little control of who lines up in the ranks.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 07:38
The Egyptian military, which on Monday “mandated” its Chief of Staff to stand for President, has never actually been out of power in the Land of the Pharaohs.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 00:00
French photojournalist Jerome Sessini, of the Magnum photo agency, spent the past month documenting the strife
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 07:17
With most of the media backing the current regime, and much of the public either voicing support for the military or simply resigned to the reality of the current political arrangement, the forces of the 2011 revolution are struggling to be heard.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 00:00
The U.S. government allowed the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel to carry out its business unimpeded between 2000 and 2012 in exchange for information on rival cartels.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 07:43
International efforts have tightened the noose on Somalia's infamous pirates, but the scourge is alive in West Africa and could well return to the country
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
Bachelet's flagship promise is an increase in the corporate tax rate to 25%, up from 20%, to pay for educational reforms. She has promised a gradual move to free higher education, as well as changes to the Pinochet-era constitution and electoral system.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 13:13
In countries around the world, campaigns against terrorism have largely focused on the hard challenges of security, employing intelligence services and specialized military and police units to take the lead. But to complement those efforts, counterterrorist strategies also look at the root causes of radicalization itself. Security services have tried community engagement and monitoring of religious groups — and in some cases governments have even encouraged weddings to bring alienated young men back into the fold. Now, Muslim elders in northern Nigeria are testing that tactic on a massive scale.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 00:00
Legislators in Mexico City, the largest city in North America, are preparing to push through certain measures that would decriminalize and regulate the consumption of marijuana in the Mexican capital.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 00:00
"I want to know everything they have regarding Brazil," Dilma said. "The word 'everything' is very comprehensive. It means all. Every bit. In English, 'everything.'"