The New York Times
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 00:00
Mr. Morales, a former grower of coca, the raw ingredient of cocaine, is both an antagonist and an active partner in American antidrug policy for the region
Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 00:00
In the race to take advantage of the tight global food market, Brazil has a number of advantages over its southern neighbor
Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 00:00
Juan Carlos Ramirez-Abadia, a Colombian accused of smuggling billions of dollars worth of cocaine into the United States, was extradited
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
The region needs democracy, underpinned by strong institutions. It does not need more strongmen — however popular they may be or indispensable they may consider themselves
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 00:00
Feeding the Pachamama, whom the Aymara also call Mother Earth or Mother Virgin, involves an intricate web of symbolic gestures incorporating coca leaves, bootleg spirits and dead animals
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 00:00
The film follows the efforts of a Chilean judge, Juan Guzman Tapia, to bring the dictator Augusto Pinochet to justice for some of the crimes committed by his regime
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 00:00
Mr. Morales’s grab for power and his confrontational approach is likely to doom any reform effort
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 00:00
There are fewer kidnappings in Mexico today than at the height of the kidnapping wave of the 1990s. But they are rising again, and the biggest increase, officials say, appears to be in the kidnapping of children
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 00:00
Opposition governors agreed on Wednesday to meet with President Evo Morales on solving Bolivia's political crisis, just hours after being no-shows at negotiations at the presidential palace.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 00:00
No official celebrations were planned, although Cuban workers sent the former president greetings in the state news media and a group of Santeria priests planned a drum ceremony in his honor.