The Washington Post
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 00:00
Police in the border city of Mexicali say they have recovered a powerful improvised cannon used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence into California
Monday, February 25, 2013 - 00:00
A Guatemalan official said Friday there was no evidence that Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, had been killed in a shootout in the rural north, calling such reports a misunderstanding
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 00:00
A Venezuelan television channel that takes a critical stance toward President Hugo Chavez accused the government on Wednesday of excluding it from a new digital television system, and it warned that the action could force it off the open airwaves.
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 00:00
Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla told local media that the original account was based on testimony from residents in San Valentin near the Mexican border, but that soldiers and police scanning the area found no sign of any confrontation.
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 00:00
Cuban President Raul Castro has unexpectedly raised the possibility of leaving his post, saying Friday that he is old and has a right to retire. But he did not say when he might do so or if such a move was imminent.
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 00:00
The victims included husbands and fathers who went out for groceries and never came back and others dragged from their homes by uniformed men in the middle of the night, the rights group said.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 00:00
Chavez's return could be used to give a boost to his would-be successor and gain time to "consolidate his alternative leader" ahead of a possible new presidential vote this year
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 00:00
The FARC rebels made the decision apparently because of "the presence of so many media" in the area where the releases were expected to take place
Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 00:00
It was the deadliest clash between Colombian troops and rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia so far this year.
Monday, February 11, 2013 - 00:00
Once overwhelmed, the average agent now makes fewer than 20 arrests a year, with apprehensions of illegal migrants along the southwest border at their lowest levels in four decades.