The New York Times
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
Brazil's defense minister has agreed to investigate military facilities where human rights abuses were believed to have been committed during the country's 21-year dictatorship.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
The antigovernment protests are being carried out by people in the wealthier segments of society who seek to reverse the gains of the democratic process.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 08:07
Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour, has said in public letters to the journalists’ families that he hoped they were soon released.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 07:53
The human rights group Amnesty International said Monday that it had satellite images suggesting mass graves in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, following what witnesses have described as the large-scale execution of inmates by security forces at a military prison on March 14.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 00:00
Mexico's government is sending federal police and soldiers to help quell an increase in violence in Mexico state.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 00:00
President Nicolas Maduro's administration says the cards to track families' purchases will foil people who stock up on groceries at subsidized prices and then illegally resell them.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 00:00
To be a professional in Cuba today is still a grim prospect. And until this changes, economic reforms or no, Cuba won't change much, either.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 00:00
Plancarte was considered one of four leaders of the Knights Templar cartel, which is based in Michoacan state.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:09
The president’s decision not to discuss human rights or women’s rights in his meeting with the king is sure to disappoint activists who have long been critical of the kingdom’s treatment of women.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 12:21
The wreckage of similar towns across the North Sinai, many with a far less certain connection to extremism, tells the story of a crackdown so sweeping that even ardent supporters of the military say it risks spreading sympathy for the militants it is hunting.