The New York Times
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 00:00
When Mr. Calderon addresses a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, he will face a tricky task: How can he discuss the violence in his country with enough urgency to secure more assistance from Washington but also reassure American lawmakers that Mexico
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 00:00
The head of Nicaragua's navy says Mexico's La Familia cartel is moving heavily into Central America and dominates much of the drug trade through the region.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 00:00
Brazil's president says Iran's agreement to a nuclear fuel deal he helped craft proves his nation has finally become a new global power broker.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 00:00
Oswaldo Lopez Arellano, who twice served as president of Honduras and was its top military leader for nearly two decades, died on Sunday in Tegucigalpa, the country’s capital.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 00:00
Authorities said Monday there is no evidence any armed group is behind the disappearance of a former presidential candidate, and Mexico' most active guerrilla group said it does not know what happened to him.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 00:00
With more than half the ballots from Sunday's vote counted, the Dominican Liberation Party of President Leonel Fernandez appeared likely to win all but one of the Senate's 32 seats.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 00:00
Attackers fired more than 100 bullets and threw at least three grenades at a television station in Mexico's western state of Nayarit before dawn Monday
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
Iran said on Monday that it had reached an agreement, brokered by Brazil and Turkey, for a nuclear fuel swap that could undermine efforts in the United Nations to impose new sanctions
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
Cuba's private farmers will purchase supplies directly in future instead of having them allocated by the state
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
Though they may feel safer, with unemployment at 13.4 percent and many like Parra working in the informal sector, Colombians will be looking for the next president to generate jobs and address bread-and-butter issues like healthcare.