The New York Times
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 00:00
The deaths have called into question the depth of recent strides against the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and have begun to haunt the military hierarchy.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 00:00
A former Haitian paramilitary leader accused by human rights groups of committing murder and torture in Haiti was sentenced on Tuesday to as many as 37 years in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme in Brooklyn
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 00:00
Leftist guerrillas agreed on Tuesday to meet with 150 prominent Colombians to discuss a possible release of hostages in their custody.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 00:00
One of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartels made huge cash payments to officials in the Mexican attorney general’s office in exchange for confidential information on antidrug operations
Monday, October 27, 2008 - 00:00
“The army was pressuring us, we were starving — that made me make the decision,” Mr. Lizcano’s former captor, who was identified by the alias Isaza, said in a video that showed him meeting with President Álvaro Uribe.
Monday, October 27, 2008 - 00:00
A Brazilian congressman who helped kidnap an American ambassador during Brazil’s military dictatorship came up short Sunday in his bid to be elected mayor of Rio
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
The United States has decided to suspend a trade deal with Bolivia because its president, Evo Morales, has failed to improve his country’s efforts to combat drug traffickers, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
The Mexican Senate approved legislation on Thursday intended to reverse a decline in production by the state-owned oil monopoly Pemex, but analysts said the measures would not go far enough.
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
Tensions between Brazil and Paraguay, already high because of land invasions of Brazilian-controlled farms inside Paraguay, intensified this week after Brazil’s army began exercises in the border region.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 00:00
Among those arrested in Colombia were three people suspected of coordinating drug smuggling to send some of their profits to groups like Hezbollah, the office said