The New York Times
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 00:00
Mr. Preval's term had been scheduled to end Monday, but an emergency law passed after last year's devastating earthquake allowed him to stay longer because his 2006 inauguration was delayed.
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 00:00
Just over a month after he took charge of the police force in one of the country’s most violent cities, Manuel Farfan, a former brigadier general in the army, died Thursday in a torrent of bullets.
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 00:00
Cubas government has agreed to free four men convicted of trying to flee the island by hijacking boats, and will send them into exile in Spain, a Roman Catholic Church official said Wednesday.
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 00:00
The Andean preferences and the Trade Adjustment Assistance program were extended until Feb. 12 as a stopgap measure. They will expire unless both the House and the Senate vote to extend them before then.
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 00:00
The electoral commission said the March 20 runoff will match former first lady Mirlande Manigat against Michel Martelly, a carnival singer known as "Sweet Micky."
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 00:00
Supporters in Haiti of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrated on Wednesday for his return as the country waited nervously to hear who would contest the presidency in a March runoff.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican and American officials, who say the two countries have never worked closer in fighting crime, are facing growing pressure to prove that their strategy is working.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 00:00
The Dominican Republic has deported thousands of illegal immigrants in recent weeks, sowing fear among Haitians living in the country and prompting accusations its government is using a cholera outbreak as a pretext.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 00:00
Sharpening a confrontation with Republicans over Southwest border enforcement, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Monday that crime and illegal crossings had dropped sharply along the border.
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 00:00
In Bolivia, the ferocity of the protests and Mr. Morales's rapid capitulation opened an uncertain chapter for the president, who is at the start of his sixth year in office.