The Washington Post
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 00:00
To call this boundary "porous" would be to suggest that parts of it are not. For the indigenous peoples, ranch hands, and smugglers who traverse it freely, there is no border at all. It is a line on a map.
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 00:00
The Defense Department has now agreed to spend $35 million to extend that deployment, set to expire June 30, through the end of September.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 00:00
Support among congressional Democrats and the White House for the trade assistance program has been widespread, and Don­o­hue suggested that Republican opposition to the program was narrower than suspected.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 00:00
They named supervisors whose orders contradicted what the agents thought was their sworn duty - capture the bad guys with the guns. The bosses said the agents didn't understand the bigger picture.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 00:00
"There is in this region a really dangerous group of loggers," said Costa. "He had a fight with one of them over the cutting of these trees, and he was marked man from then on."
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 00:00
Although political violence in Colombia is still simmering, the law's proponents say the Victims’ and Land Restitution Law is a historic gesture of reconciliation.
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 00:00
What they must understand is that we're not talking about peace, we're reconstructing the peace in Colombia, especially in the rural areas.
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 00:00
The initial problem stemmed from CBP's conducting its own probes of officers accused of taking money, sex and other bribes from Mexican drug cartels.
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 00:00
Mr. Lula, who led Brazil for eight years before being replaced by his handpicked successor this year, pioneered ways of redistributing the fruits of capitalism more quickly to the poor; that arguably has been the missing element in Peru’s success story.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 00:00
The DHS inspector general's office has 267 active investigations of CBP employees who have been accused or suspected of corruption.