The Washington Post
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 00:00
Tuesday's violence in Los Teques, a town in Miranda state outside the capital, is an example of the mob actions that many people fear could grow in Venezuela.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 00:00
The new president vowed to crack down on protests and said he would block a march called by his opponent, Henrique Capriles Radonski, to demand a recount
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 00:00
Maduro's rhetoric did not sound designed to encourage the rapprochement that he has told various visiting American politicians, most recently former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, that he is seeking
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 00:00
Since he took office, there have been no major news conferences announcing more troops or federal police for drug-plagued hot spots. Gone are the regular parades for journalists of newly arrested drug suspects.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 00:00
Cancun has so far largely been spared the drug violence plaguing many other cities in Mexico
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 00:00
Noe Ramirez was Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutor and the highest-ranking law enforcement official detained in 2008 as part of then President Felipe Calderon's sweeping effort to weed out corrupt officials
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 00:00
Any division within the leadership of "Chavismo" could promote a splintering of the various groups that no longer have Chavez's charisma - or his iron hand - to keep them together
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 00:00
The electoral council - which is made up of five members, four of them allies of the government - made clear that it would not support a recount
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 00:00
Analysts called the slim margin a disaster for Maduro, a former union leader and bus driver in the radical wing of Chavismo who is believed to have close ties to Cuba.
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 00:00
Rather than help Mexico fight an unwinnable war against criminal organizations, the United States must help its neighbor battle impunity.