The New York Times
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 00:00
More than a year later, cholera has killed 6,600 people and sickened more than 476,000 - nearly 5 percent of the nation's 10 million people - in what United Nations officials call the world’s highest rate of cholera.
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 00:00
The D.E.A. now has five commando-style squads it has been quietly deploying for the past several years to Western Hemisphere nations — including Haiti, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Belize - that are battling drug cartels, according to
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 00:00
Otto Perez Molina, a former general during this country's bloody civil war, was elected president on Sunday after promising to tackle rising crime with an "iron fist" and an expanded military.
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 00:00
"Power has shifted from one side of Avenida Arce to the other," said Fernando Molina, a local newspaper columnist, referring to the street in La Paz where the Brazilian ambassador’s residence sits opposite the towering embassy of the United St
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 00:00
The killing of the top commander of Colombia's largest guerrilla group dealt what might be the most severe blow yet to the four-decade-old insurgency, but security experts said Saturday that the rebels still had the ability to regroup and carry on the fig
Friday, November 4, 2011 - 00:00
Cuba announced a new property law Thursday that promises to allow citizens and permanent residents to buy and sell real estate - the most significant market-oriented change yet approved by the government of Raul Castro, and one that will probably reshape
Friday, November 4, 2011 - 00:00
In this country of 5.7 million people, Mr. Ortega, 65, has flourished as a paradox, a heavy-handed commander who is widely criticized for skirting the democratic process but is known on the streets as the people's president.
Friday, November 4, 2011 - 00:00
The Defense Department says a commanding officer received a 40-year sentence in a court martial and another officer received 38 years. A judge gave 12 enlisted soldiers 16-year sentences.
Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 00:00
The commercials are part of a campaign for the Mexico Tourism Board, with a budget estimated at more than $30 million, that is to run in major cities.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 00:00
But in the midst of the violence that has beset the state of Veracruz, new and creative forms of witchery for protection against extortion and for help finding kidnapped kin have become the leading demands from clients, local practitioners say.