The New York Times
Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 00:00
Residents in El Sasabe said the sharp fall in migrants had also been accelerated by drug cartel-related violence, which has claimed more than 2,500 lives since January in Mexico.
Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 00:00
The new laws and court decisions in the region reflect an urgent desire to reject decades of American prescriptions for distinctly Latin American challenges
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 00:00
To achieve passage of the new referendum that would permit Mr. Uribe to run for a third term, his supporters would have to gain the backing of at least 84 lawmakers.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 00:00
The United States said on Tuesday it would temporarily restrict the issuing of U.S. visas in Honduras, raising pressure on the government that took power after a June 28 coup to step down.
Monday, August 24, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico took a bold and controversial step last week when it opted to no longer prosecute those carrying relatively small quantities of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs.
Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 00:00
It is most important to note that Colombia's main objective was then, and Mexico's is today, to regain sovereign control of its territory - especially its major cities and borders
Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico's Supreme Court ordered 22 indigenous people freed from prison on Wednesday after finding that federal prosecutors used forged evidence and false testimony to implicate them in a 1997 massacre
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 00:00
President Obama's policies have drawn mostly only mild rebuke because he is still enjoying a honeymoon. But he is doing serious damage to U.S. - Latin American relations
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 00:00
The brazen escape in May in the northern state of Zacatecas is just one of many glaring examples of how Mexico's crowded and cruel prison system represents a critical weak link in the drug war.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 00:00
'Let's leave this clear,' Mr. Chavez said during a live broadcast of his Sunday television program. 'Golf is a bourgeois sport,' he said, repeating the word 'bourgeois' as if he were swallowing castor oil