Houston Chronicle
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 00:00
Mexican authorities say seven people were killed in a shootout between rival drug gangs in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco.
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 00:00
Opponents and supporters of President Hugo Chavez held their final rallies on Thursday ahead of legislative elections.
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 00:00
With Mexico's gangsters murdering and kidnapping them at will, President Felipe Calderon is now promising federal protection for the country's besieged journalists.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 00:00
Newspaper's plaintive editorial raises troubling larger questions about Mexico.
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 00:00
Gunmen attacked two newspaper photographers Thursday in the drug war-torn border city of Ciudad Juarez, killing one and seriously wounding the other.
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 00:00
Stopping weapons is just as important as somehow stopping the U.S. dependency on these illegal drugs.
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 00:00
Stopping weapons is just as important as somehow stopping the U.S. dependency on these illegal drugs.
Friday, September 3, 2010 - 00:00
The new law, approved by lawmakers Thursday, makes gang membership punishable by four to six years in prison. Gang leaders face up to 10 years
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 00:00
Suriname's newly elected president, former dictator Desi Bouterse, is ailing from an undisclosed illness and has temporarily ceded power to his vice president.
Friday, August 20, 2010 - 00:00
Carla Rutila, 35, was abducted as a baby in 1976 in Bolivia, where her parents were fighting as leftist guerrillas with the National Liberation Army.