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Blackout hits large swath of Venezuela, Chavez government imposes temporary rationing
Friday, April 8, 2011 - 00:00
A blackout hit a large swath of Venezuela on Thursday, darkening street lights, shutting down the Caracas subway and forcing President Hugo Chavez's government to resort to temporary rationing measures.
What Jimmy Carter can't change in Cuba
Friday, April 8, 2011 - 00:00
While I don't believe we will move from a totalitarian state to a democracy by the mere fact of his visit, some acts have a symbolic significance that transcends their purposes.
We support democratic uprisings in the Middle East. Why not in Cuba?
Friday, April 8, 2011 - 00:00
Now, Cuba is no Egypt. Cuba's disdain for basic human rights and democratic norms is far more startling a departure from the prevailing conditions in its part of the world.
Can Haiti's new president bring real change?
Friday, April 8, 2011 - 00:00
It remains to be seen whether Haiti's new apparent president-elect will offer an improvement.
Mr. Obama's free-trade deal with Colombia
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 00:00
Colombia's reward was to be vilified by labor unions intent on torpedoing the free-trade agreement that it negotiated with the Bush administration and that has been neglected by Mr. Obama, who skipped Colombia during his recent tour of the region.
Mexican forces seeking kidnapped bus passengers stumble on mass grave holding 59 bodies
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican security forces searching for abducted bus passengers in a violent northern state bordering Texas have stumbled on a collection of pits holding a total of 59 bodies. Authorities said the first victims to be identified are Mexicans.
Police deny any role in disappearance of 4 men in Mexican tough cop's border city
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 00:00
Rights activists and relatives of four men missing in this border city raised questions Monday about whether officers of the city's new get-tough police chief were responsible.
Drug kingpin to be extradited to Venezuela, denying U.S. valuable evidence
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 00:00
A Venezuelan businessman sitting in a Colombian jail could provide valuable evidence about the suspected close relationship between cocaine traffickers and the Venezuelan government, U.S. officials say.
Mexico's drug lords fall, but war goes on
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican forces have hit the La Familia drug cartel harder than any other criminal organization in Mexico.
Danger on the U.S.-Mexico border
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 00:00
It is not spillover violence but spillover effects of hostilities in Mexico that pose the real threat to the United States.

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