The New York Times
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
A Colombian high court has declared constitutional a law the government says is key to its peace process with rebels.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
Colombia's government is ready to start peace talks with the smaller of the country's two guerrilla groups, the National Liberation Army, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
The panel's findings echo a similar report released Tuesday by a U.S. think tank that concluded the shipment not only breached U.N. sanctions, but was likely meant for Pyongyang's use, and not destined for Havana as Cuban officials maintained.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
Brazil's lower chamber of Congress passed a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would force the federal government to get congressional approval before cutting or freezing spending items added to the budget by lawmakers.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
Mexico's government on Tuesday diluted plans for a new security force to fight drug gangs, as President Enrique Pena Nieto struggles to break with the military-led strategy of his predecessor.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
The future of broadcast television and other news media in Argentina now rests with its Supreme Court, which began hearing arguments Wednesday over a law the government says will foster competition by breaking up privately held monopolies in the informati
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
Colombia extradited Diego Perez Henao, one of the country's most wanted gang leaders, to the United States on Wednesday to face charges for alleged cocaine trafficking and involvement in hundreds of murders.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:55
The leaders of the Arab world on Tuesday blamed the Syrian government for a chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people last week, but declined to back a retaliatory military strike.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 00:00
The team of investigators who pursued him decades ago have been reliving a nightmare ever since Mr. Caro Quintero walked free this month .
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 00:00
Vigilantes attacked local police officers in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero, beat them with rifle butts and machetes and handcuffed them, then stole their rifles and briefly kidnapped some municipal officials.