The Washington Post
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 00:00
The president of El Salvador denied Wednesday that his government had rewarded his country's two largest street gangs for striking a truce credited with a dramatic drop in the staggering national homicide rate.
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 00:00
Bolivia's governing Movement Toward Socialism party has unanimously backed President Evo Morales' candidacy for re-election, though the vote doesn’t come until December 2014.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 00:00
Gen. Raul Salazar says police tried to repel the protesters, many of them fishermen, in the northern coastal town of Sechura on Tuesday with tear gas but were forced to use firearms. He hasn't released details on how the 24-year-old victim died.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 00:00
The minister claims the weapons were being transported without authorization and posed a security threat.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 00:00
The caller jokes that both Public Security Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna and government spokeswoman Alejandra Sota are tapping or infiltrating her calls, implying that political spying is more important to the government than catching Joaquin "El Chap
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 00:00
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is considering building a hotel and conference center in Haiti on part of a $10.5 million property that it bought after the 2010 earthquake.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 00:00
The opposition candidate challenging President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela's presidential ballot said Monday that he trusts the results of an opinion poll that indicates the two men are running head-to-head.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 00:00
Investigator Samuel Barreto told reporters in Minas Gerais state there was no doubt the three activists were executed, shot down as they got out of a car near a landless workers camp Saturday.
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
Chavez said in a phone call broadcast live on Venezuelan television that he had his first radiation session after he arrived late Saturday.
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
Chavez said in a phone call broadcast live on Venezuelan television that he had his first radiation session after he arrived late Saturday.