The New York Times
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 00:00
Human rights advocates wonder if soldiers will once again kill with impunity and whether dubious accusations will lead to killings outside the law
Monday, September 12, 2011 - 00:00
Mr. Perez Molina, whose campaign symbol is an iron fist, said in a recent interview that at least 400 communities had sent formal requests to the Defense Department for soldiers
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 00:00
Foreign ministers and defense chiefs from the Latin American countries that have more than 12,000 peacekeepers in Haiti called a meeting Thursday to consider how the alleged sex abuse of a Haitian teenager by Uruguayan sailors might affect the future of t
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 00:00
The United Nations's Pan-American Health Organization, the United States and the rest of the international community should be working with the Haitian Health Ministry to wage a more aggressive and effective effort
Friday, September 2, 2011 - 00:00
The stark difference between its austere policies and low growth of the late 1990s and the pro-government, high-growth 2000s offers a test case for how to get an economy moving again. Washington would do well to pay attention.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 00:00
The police and military near the border, with little more to go on than darker skin color and a failure to produce identification, have stopped cars and buses and forced them to Haiti
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 00:00
Gruesome details of American-run venereal disease experiments on Guatemalan prisoners, soldiers and mental patients in the years after World War II were revealed this week during hearings before a White House bioethics panel investigating the study's so
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 00:00
The northeast has long been plagued by crime, but the increase illustrates how Brazil's economic boom is causing drug-related violence to migrate to other parts of the country as traffickers seek new markets.
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez thanked Venezuelans on Sunday for praying for his health as he undergoes a third round of chemotherapy at a military hospital in Caracas, this time getting the cancer treatment at home rather than Cuba.
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 00:00
The Obama administration has expanded its role in Mexico's fight against organized crime by allowing the Mexican police to stage cross-border drug raids from inside the United States, according to senior administration and military officials.