The New York Times
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 00:00
Two Brazils also met head-on: one in which a small elite live with almost unfathomable wealth, and another in which millions eke out an existence on the margins of that abundance.
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 00:00
But reflecting an effort to stay in the good graces of his hosts and usher in even more religious freedom on the island, he also denounced the American economic embargo that Cuba has long blamed for most of its troubles.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 00:00
"I am convinced that Cuba, at this moment of particular importance in its history, is already looking to the future, and thus is striving to renew and broaden its horizons," the pope said.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 00:00
The military killed 36 rebels in an attack on a jungle camp in Meta Province on Monday, officials said, striking a second major blow in less than a week to the nation's main guerrilla force, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 00:00
The Chaco thorn forest, a domain with 118-degree temperatures so forbidding that Paraguayans call it their "green hell," covers an expanse about the size of Poland.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 00:00
In countries racked by violence, including Mexico, the notion of negotiating with criminals to curtail violence fills blogs and cocktail chatter but is usually dismissed by government officials.
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
Speaking before more than half a million people at an open-air Mass here in a nation wracked by drug violence, Pope Benedict XVI urged the faithful to seek a humble and pure heart and trust in God in the face of evil.
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
Since most restrictions on worship were lifted in the early 1990s, it has been Pentecostal and evangelical churches like Pastor Ortega's, which is said to be among the largest churches now in Cuba, that have watched their membership rolls explode while th
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
Mr. Chavez has locked horns in the past with the Catholic hierarchy in his country, but since he fell ill with cancer last year, he has increasingly put his personal religious expressions on public display.
Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 00:00
Their campaigns are mostly attempts to create a public conscience, to keep people from committing or accepting violence by making them feel the suffering that ripples out from crime.