The New York Times
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 00:00
Castro and her party, a coalition of leftist politicians, unions, agrarian and indigenous groups, say they would create a community police force to tackle the violence, while Hernandez favors the creation of a militarized police force.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 00:00
Wednesday's newspaper advertisement urging the decriminalization of cannabis brought together one of the most diverse coalitions pushing for change in Mexico.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 00:00
"Venezuela and Cuba are helping us, they are saying, 'Get rid of warfare; today it's an anachronism,'" Santos told an academic audience at Harvard University.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 00:00
Since winning an April election to replace late Socialist leader Hugo Chavez, Maduro has been constantly alleging plots against him.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 00:00
Maduro blamed two former U.S. officials who he frequently cites as being behind alleged attempts to destroy his government: Roger Noriega and Otto Reich.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 09:36
The bigger risk for the world in coming years is not that the United States will try to build empires abroad, he argued, but that there will be a price to be paid in chaos and disorder if Americans elect to stay home.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 09:35
A United States citizen was sentenced to 10 years in jail in Bahrain on Tuesday on charges of attempted murder during a disturbance related to Shiite Muslim demands for greater rights.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 09:33
There was a growing sense here that the talks could be long in coming and could still fall apart over basic issues like who will participate.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 09:23
A senior administration official said the Iranian delegation indicated that it would be “too complicated” for Mr. Rouhani and Mr. Obama to bump into each other.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 00:00
Credit cards are used abroad to get a cash advance -- rather than buying merchandise. The dollars are then carried back into Venezuela and sold on the black market for some seven times the original exchange rate.