The Washington Post
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 00:00
A former Ecuadorean newspaper columnist who faces prison and millions of dollars in fines for criticism of President Rafael Correa is asking for asylum in the U.S.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 00:00
Still, even with Vazquez Mota, many Mexicans see the July 1 election as a race among flawed choices.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 00:00
Police have arrested two men and a woman suspected of participating in last week's kidnapping of Mexico's ambassador to Venezuela and his wife.
Monday, February 6, 2012 - 00:00
Chavez also used the occasion to reiterate to Venezuelans that the military is firmly behind him as he runs for re-election in October.
Monday, February 6, 2012 - 00:00
Vazquez Mota faces an uphill climb against former Mexico State Gov. Enrique Pena Nieto, the front-runner in the polls.
Monday, February 6, 2012 - 00:00
A masked man opened fire on a band playing popular norteno music Saturday in a Chihuahua city dance hall, killing five musicians, four customers and injuring 10 others.
Monday, February 6, 2012 - 00:00
Fast and Furious was a well-intentioned, misguided response to - and not the cause of - the proliferation of illegal guns in Mexico.
Friday, February 3, 2012 - 00:00
Brazil's minister of cities resigned Thursday amid allegations of irregularities, the eighth member of President Dilma Rousseff's Cabinet to step down since June.
Friday, February 3, 2012 - 00:00
Holder, who was presenting testimony on Fast and Furious for the sixth time, told the committee that the "flawed" and "stupid" tactics used in the operation and in three earlier gun investigations under the George W. Bush administratio
Friday, February 3, 2012 - 00:00
4,000 soldiers had begun arriving in the state capital, Morelia, to prepare for an offensive in a mountainous western section of the state known as Tierra-Caliente.