The New York Times
Friday, July 2, 2010 - 00:00
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations has appointed Costa Rica's attorney general, Francisco Dall'Anese, to lead an international panel fighting organized crime and corruption in Guatemala.
Friday, July 2, 2010 - 00:00
The other parties believe that the only way to dislodge the PRI here is to unite across ideological lines against it.
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 00:00
Latin America, beset in the past by debt defaults, currency devaluations and the need for bailouts from rich countries, is experiencing robust economic growth that is the envy of its northern counterparts.
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 00:00
The House Agriculture Committee voted Wednesday to reverse a decades-long ban on United States citizens traveling to Cuba and to ease restrictions on the sale of American commodities there.
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
Stymied by political opposition and focused on competing priorities, the Obama administration has sidelined efforts to close the Guantanamo prison, making it unlikely that President Obama will fulfill his promise to close it before his term ends in 2013.
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
A mob armed with clubs, stones and guns attacked a political rally in southern Mexico on Saturday, sparking hours of clashes that left three people dead and six more wounded.
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
The killing of the candidate, Rodolfo Torre Cantu, 46, drove election-related violence here to a peak unseen since 1994, when a presidential candidate, Luis Donaldo Colosio, was assassinated.
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
After serving 20 years in a Florida prison for drug racketeering and money laundering, Noriega was extradited to Paris in April to face accusations that he tried to hide cocaine profits in French banks.
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
Congress keeps a tight lid on the number of refugees admitted, with the limit currently set at 80,000 a year. As the immigration debate becomes increasingly polarized, there is little interest among politicians or the public in raising that limit.
Friday, June 25, 2010 - 00:00
"South of the Border" is a valuable, if naïvely idealistic, introductory tutorial on a significant international trend.