The New York Times
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuela’s national oil company is suspending a program that provides discounted heating oil to poor communities in the United States, as officials here struggle to find ways of preserving hard currency reserves
Monday, January 5, 2009 - 00:00
A string of similar kidnappings, singling out people with children or spouses in the United States, so panicked this village in the state of Zacatecas that many people boarded up their homes and headed north
Friday, December 19, 2008 - 00:00
Mr. da Silva said in a speech here that Brazil, despite its pacifist history, needed a stronger defense against potential aggression if it was to continue on the road to becoming a global power
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 00:00
Latin American nations should expel American ambassadors until the United States lifts its embargo on Cuba, President Evo Morales of Bolivia said
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 00:00
Brazil once again flashed its credentials as the undisputed leader of Latin America
Friday, December 12, 2008 - 00:00
The figure, Manuel Rosales, was charged with presumed illicit enrichment during his two terms as governor of oil-rich Zulia State
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 00:00
The prosecutor tied the sharp increase in deaths to a battle for control among cartels and a power vacuum created by a series of high-profile arrests and seizures
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 00:00
The businessman, Carlos Kauffmann, 36, was the second government witness in the case to be sentenced
Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 00:00
While seemingly tranquil, the area has become a magnet for drug traffickers who roam the borders here with Colombia and Peru
Friday, December 5, 2008 - 00:00
Hit men pursuing rivals into intensive care units and emergency rooms. Shootouts in lobbies and corridors. Doctors kidnapped and held for ransom