The New York Times
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 00:00
Nearly 150 inmates escaped Friday from a state prison in the northern Mexico border city of Nuevo Laredo, and authorities said the breakout was probably helped by prison employees.
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 00:00
Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela flared over Washington's nominee for ambassador Saturday as President Hugo Chavez warned that the diplomat would be detained and put on the next flight home if he tries to set foot in the country.
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 00:00
The Organization of American States has asked Haitian President Rene Preval to delay announcing election results until an international panel of experts can review the vote, officials said Saturday.
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 00:00
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is more popular than ever as he prepares to step down.
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 00:00
A human rights court said that a Brazilian amnesty law covering crimes during the country's 21-year dictatorship was invalid.
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 00:00
As the body count in the Mexican drug wars mounts beyond 30,000, federal authorities have tracked more than 60,000 guns in the past four years back across the border to American dealers.
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 00:00
A Cuban dissident said on Tuesday he would not attend a ceremony in France to accept the European Parliament's top human rights prize because Cuban authorities had not given him permission to make the trip.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 00:00
The request, submitted less than a month before a new legislature convenes with a bolstered faction of opposition lawmakers, opens a new phase of tension between the president and his critics.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 00:00
Chavez has ruled by decree three times before during his 11 years in power, and says he needs to again to deal with a national emergency caused by floods that have killed about 40 people and left almost 140,000 homeless.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 00:00
Supporters of one of her competitors in Haiti's presidential election set barricades on fire and threw rubble at cars when initial results put him third.