The New York Times
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
Colombian rebels killed an Ecuadorean army lieutenant and wounded a corporal Thursday in more than four hours of combat that spanned a river between the two countries.
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
The UNODC said the Colombian coca crop fell to 185 square miles (48,000 hectares) last year from 247 square miles (64,000 hectares) in 2011.
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
The troops were patrolling as part of a government operation using the military to help combat crime.
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
But with only days left before a primary election tests her support, the crowds are much smaller than in previous pot-banging street protests.
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 00:00
The 73-year-old oncologist invited leaders of the governing, left-leaning Broad Front coalition to his home Wednesday night to tell them what they had been hoping to hear.
Thursday, August 8, 2013 - 00:00
The court also ordered the opposition candidate, Henrique Capriles, who lost to Mr. Maduro by one and a half percentage points, to pay a fine of $1,698 for insulting government authority by challenging the election results.
Thursday, August 8, 2013 - 00:00
Venezuelan authorities ordered the arrest of a close aide to opposition leader Henrique Capriles and military agents removed documents, computers and cellphones from the man's apartment.
Thursday, August 8, 2013 - 00:00
Judge Yassmin Barrios Aguilar declines to provide details, but earlier the Inter-American Human Rights Commission called on Guatemala's government to protect her.
Thursday, August 8, 2013 - 00:00
There has been no discussion in the sanctions committee or the Security Council on whether the shipment violated a U.N. arms embargo.
Thursday, August 8, 2013 - 00:00
DNA tests have determined the identity of a 109th person who was among those taken as babies from victims of Argentina's dictatorship.