The New York Times
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
Former President Bill Clinton hopes that pledges to help quake-devastated Haiti at his philanthropic "summit" this week will push governments to fulfill promises of billions of dollars in reconstruction.
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
In the last couple of weeks, thousands of displaced Haitians have similarly vented their concerns, depositing impassioned pleas for help in new suggestion boxes at a hundred camps throughout the disaster zone.
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
The biggest newspaper in Mexico's most violent city will restrict drug war coverage after the killing of its second journalist in less than two years.
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
Could the Cuba of the not-too-distant future feature signs touting "Joel's Moving Company," "Dayana's Furniture Repair," "Julio's Boutique"?
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
The country claims in figures it gives the United Nations that it vies with historically egalitarian Uruguay for Latin America’s most equitable income distribution, as a result of oil-financed social welfare programs.
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
While such poverty abutting opulence is a recipe for resentment, many people in Paraisopolis express support for the political status quo because of one man: outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 00:00
The gun battle took place at a ranch in the state of Tamaulipas after soldiers investigated suspicious activity and touched off the firefight.
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 00:00
Erenice Guerra, left, who took over as chief of staff this year so that Dilma Rousseff could run for president, had come under growing pressure to step down over allegations that she participated in a scheme to receive kickbacks for public works contracts
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 00:00
The police and demonstrators opposed to an irrigation project in the south of the country clashed Thursday, killing one man and injuring 18, as President Alan Garcia faced a new conflict over natural resources.
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 00:00
A street vendor died Thursday from inhaling tear gas fired by police against hundreds of supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.