The New York Times
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 00:00
Time will tell if Mr. Chavez will moderate his platform and reach out to the opposition he has so often derided. But his capacity to evolve while in power is undisputed
Friday, February 13, 2009 - 00:00
The Brazilian police said Thursday that it arrested 55 people in nationwide operations to crack two crime rings that were smuggling ecstasy, LSD and other synthetic drugs into the country from Europe.
Friday, February 13, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico's Supreme Court says that police committed serious abuses when trying to retake control of rebellious town outside the capital three years ago.
Monday, February 9, 2009 - 00:00
In the final days before a referendum that will determine whether President Hugo Chavez can run for re-election indefinitely, campaigning has taken on a noticeable, and sometimes ugly, edge
Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 00:00
Physicians for Human Rights said its review of forensic evidence in the shooting death of an American videographer who was covering antigovernment protests in Oaxaca in 2006 appears to contradict the findings of the Mexican Attorney General’s Office
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 00:00
While estimates vary widely, some geologists say electric-car manufacturers could draw on Bolivia’s lithium reserves for decades to come
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia’s embattled FARC guerrillas on Sunday released four hostages, with two more set to be freed later this week
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 00:00
In some ways, the rise and fall of Mr. Murcia, a child of Bogota’s slums who clawed his way into Colombia’s elite, may be even more exceptional than Mr. Madoff’s
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 00:00
Despite huge enforcement actions on both sides of the Southwest border, the Mexican marijuana trade is more robust — and brazen — than ever
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 00:00
The vandals broke into Tiferet Israel, a Sephardic synagogue in the Mariperez district of Caracas