The New York Times
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 00:00
The couple's death has triggered a national debate on the escalation of a conflict in Araucania, where Mapuche Indians -- the fearsome opponents of the Spanish conquistadores 500 years ago -- are pitted against timber companies and wealthy landowners
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 00:00
The rules may not result in an immediate, massive exodus of medical workers to Miami. Most would not be able to travel there without a U.S. visa
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
Politicians, newspapers and military leaders in both countries have been back at the barricades making the old arguments about who is the islands’ rightful owner
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
Now that the United States is using 40 percent of its crop to make biofuel, it is not surprising that tortilla prices have doubled in Guatemala
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
His current brand of low-key radicalism — a marked shift from his days wielding weapons in an effort to overthrow the government — exemplifies Uruguay’s emergence as arguably Latin America’s most socially liberal country
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
Venezuela is consuming more than it is producing. This is due to enormous government spending, mounting foreign debt and the mismanagement of its oil industry
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
Without the cult of personality and authority that has allowed Chavez to keep popular protest at bay, whoever succeeds him will face a serious governability crisis
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
Relations with the U.S. would likely improve with the election of an opposition candidate. Otherwise, don't expect much to change
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
The company, Chinalco, which is owned by the Chinese government, built the new town to relocate more than 5,000 people living in nearby Morococha, a century-old mining village
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
Hugo Chavez has cut poverty in half and given millions of Venezuelans access to health care and education. Voters will respond to this