The New York Times
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 00:00
One restored a Haitian president to power; the other flew him back out again. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are visiting Haiti on Monday.
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 00:00
The judge ordered retired Col. Byron Lima freed for good behavior after serving half his 20-year sentence for helping plot the murder of human rights crusader Bishop Juan Gerardi
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 00:00
About 200 American law enforcement agents on Thursday cracked down on Barrio Azteca in El Paso as suspicions grew that members of the notorious Texas-based gang might have been behind the shooting deaths of three people connected to the American Consulate
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 00:00
The vote, part of a broad overhaul of the nation’s oil laws being undertaken in the wake of big offshore discoveries over the last three years, was a shocking blow to the state government of Rio de Janeiro
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 00:00
Their art comes across as a hellish response to the older painters of tropical idylls, though in reality all of these artists share a common bond
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 00:00
In the six weeks since gunmen killed 15 people in a working-class neighborhood here, the police, the governor, psychologists and even the president’s wife have descended....And then everybody left.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 00:00
A new party accused of ties to far-right criminal bands has emerged as a surprising force in Colombian politics, adding to worries that President Alvaro Uribe has failed to weaken drug-funded paramilitaries in the provinces.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 00:00
The tsunami that barreled through here after last month
s 8.8-magnitude earthquake washed away the fishing industry before the fishermen could cast their first net.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 00:00
Two months after the earthquake, and a third of the way to the July deadline to file for the special status, just 34,427 of the estimated 100,000 to 200,000 undocumented Haitians who were in the United States before Jan. 12 have applied.
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 00:00
Making his second brief visit to the wrecked capital Port-au-Prince since the January 12 quake, Ban sought to restore momentum to what some fear is faltering donor support for efforts to help more than a million homeless quake survivors.