The New York Times
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz is supposed to be the one to hire and fire the police chief in this gritty border city that is at the center of Mexico's drug war. It turns out, though, that real life in Ciudad Juarez does not follow the municipal code.
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
In a spat over prices, President Hugo Chavez on Saturday told the army to temporarily take control of all rice processing plants in Venezuela
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
A vast arms bazaar is rampant along the four border states, enabled by porous to nonexistent American gun laws
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 00:00
Mexican authorities have long complained that American gun dealers are arming the cartels. This case is the most prominent prosecution of an American gun dealer
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 00:00
More than 750 people nationwide have been arrested, tons of cocaine and marijuana have been seized and the distribution of drugs has been disrupted through a series of raids and arrests
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 00:00
The Pentagon official who inspected the Guantanamo Bay prison at the behest of President Obama and declared its conditions humane described himself Monday as a “fresh set of eyes” who had been given free rein to go about his work.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 00:00
Argentina has given a Roman Catholic bishop 10 days to leave the country or be expelled after he caused an international uproar by denying the extent of the Holocaust, the government said Thursday.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 00:00
The raging drug war among cartels in Mexico and their push to expand operations in the United States has led to a wave of kidnappings, shootings and home invasions in Arizona
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 00:00
A wave of demonstrations protesting the presence of army troops has swept through towns and cities across northern Mexico in recent days
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 00:00
While the anxiety is palpable in Antigua, the greatest flurry of activity appears to be unfolding in the rest of Latin America, where the impact of Stanford International’s presence is expected to ripple through several economies.