The Washington Post
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 00:00
The charges against include kidnapping, illegal possession of firearms, using a stolen vehicle and criminal association, prosecutors said in a statement. Those jailed include six men accused of directly participating in the abduction and a 59-year-old wom
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 00:00
Panama's government said Wednesday the long-awaited extradition of former dictator Manuel Noriega is one step closer to reality after a French court said it received U.S. approval to send Noriega home to face a 20-year prison sentence here.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 00:00
The ruling junta of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia designated 52-year-old Timoleon Jimenez as the new chief on Nov. 5, a day after Alfonso Cano was killed while trying to break out of a military cordon in southwestern Colombia.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 00:00
The government has officially recorded 1,050 kidnappings this year, 23 times as many as took place in President Hugo Chavez's first year in office, 1999. But household surveys by the National Statistics Institute, a state entity, suggest that thousands mo
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 00:00
The problem is of such scale that even the main architect of the program acknowledges that policing alone will not halt the drug trade. Instead, the goal of the invasions is to win back strategic territory and take guns away from the gangs.
Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 00:00
Human rights activists accused Mexico's military and police Wednesday of engaging in widespread torture, including the use of cattle prods and waterboarding, in President Felipe Calderon’s U.S.-backed war against crime mafias and drug cartels.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 00:00
Bolivia and the United States agreed Monday to restore full diplomatic ties three years after the Andean nation's leftist government expelled the U.S. ambassador and the Drug Enforcement Administration for allegedly inciting the opposition.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 00:00
A human rights group said Tuesday it has filed claims with the United Nations seeking damages on behalf of more than 5,000 Haitian cholera victims and their families.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 00:00
Venezuela's last major opposition-aligned television channel appealed a $2 million-plus fine to Venezuela's Supreme Court on Monday, saying the penalty imposed by government regulators might force it to cut back news coverage or drive it into bankruptcy.
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 00:00
resident and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega is headed for a mandate to stay in office in Nicaragua, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems.