The Washington Post
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 00:00
The two have little in common other than eyeglasses, a slight paunch and a previous failed attempt to talk peace.
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 00:00
Nicaragua first asked the world court, the United Nations' highest judicial organ, to intervene in 2001, arguing that Colombia had no legal claim to the islands.
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 00:00
As U.S. cornfields withered under drought conditions last summer, Brazil's once-empty Cerrado region produced a bumper crop of the grain, helping feed livestock on U.S. farms and ease a drought-related spike in prices.
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 00:00
The International Organization for Migration says Haitian officials have confirmed 3,593 cholera cases and another 837 suspected cases since Hurricane Sandy's passage.
Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 00:00
Pena Nieto, who takes office Dec. 1, wants federal agents to be controlled by the Interior Department, a change that would require action by Congress.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 00:00
Some Americans would certainly object at any move to free him.
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 00:00
The Mexican Supreme Court recently ruled that Moreno, his officers and two dozen of his soldiers should be tried for human rights crimes in a civilian court.
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 00:00
Mr. Chavez has an equally poor record on freedom of expression. He has bullied and punished the news media for critical reporting on the government's handling of such things as water pollution, violent crime, a prison riot and an earthquake.
Friday, November 9, 2012 - 00:00
A drug-trafficking paramilitary group killed 10 peasants on a farm in northern Colombia in the country's worst massacre in more than three years, authorities said Thursday.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - 00:00
The U.N.'s World Food Program said in a statement that it is coordinating with Cuban authorities to provide one month's food rations for nearly a half million people in and around Santiago.