The New York Times
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 00:00
The visits are indications of the Bush administration’s desire to lend a hand to President Felipe Calderon’s government, which has made fighting the traffickers the centerpiece of its agenda but has nonetheless seen security around the country deterio
Wednesday, October 22, 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
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 00:00
As the price of oil roared to ever higher levels in recent years, the leaders of Venezuela, Iran and Russia muscled their way onto the world stage, using checkbook diplomacy and, on occasion, intimidation.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 00:00
A hilltop mansion on the outskirts of Mexico City with its own small zoo of lions, tigers and panthers was the site of a private party over the weekend that ended suddenly when the federal police raided the event and arrested 15 people
Monday, October 20, 2008 - 00:00
Into that violence, which has since ebbed, Mr. Soriano ventured with his donkeys, taking with him a few reading textbooks, encyclopedia volumes and novels from his small personal library
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 00:00
Mr. Uribe’s administration, a staunch ally of the United States, has been highly critical of members of the Supreme Court and has proposed amending the Constitution to remove the investigations from the court’s jurisdiction
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - 00:00
Mexico’s powerful drug cartels are buying cocaine directly from Colombia’s main rebel group, a senior Colombian defense official said Tuesday at a conference here on crime.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - 00:00
Three years after President Hugo Chavez expelled American missionaries from the Venezuelan Amazon, accusing them of using proselytism of remote tribes as a cover for espionage, resentment is festering here over what some tribal leaders say was official ne
Monday, October 6, 2008 - 00:00
At Miguel Caballero, named after its Colombian owner, all the garments are bulletproof
Monday, October 6, 2008 - 00:00
Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said Sunday that Venezuela’s 2009 budget “will have significant restrictions” compared with this year’s $63.9 billion plan