The Washington Post
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 00:00
It began as a rumor that farmers saw waste from a U.N. peacekeeping base flow into a river.
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 00:00
A gunbattle between Mexican soldiers and drug cartel gunmen near the border with Texas killed 11 alleged gang members and prompted the U.S. to reinforce security at international crossings.
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 00:00
Drug traffickers have shot doctors who treated them. They've burst into emergency rooms and executed their enemies on operating tables.
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 00:00
A captured drug trafficker said Wednesday that the boss of one of Mexico's fiercest cartels is physically and emotionally drained and that the leader's recent offer to disband the gang is real.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 00:00
Costa Rica on Monday asked the Organization of American States to call an urgent meeting to address an alleged incursion by Nicaraguan troops onto Costa Rican soil.
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 00:00
Congress has approved $1.3 billion in drug war aid to Mexico - about a third of what it has wasted on a border fence. But it has been deaf to Mr. Calderon's pleas to restore the ban on sales of assault weapons.
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 00:00
Gunmen stormed a birthday party in embattled Ciudad Juarez and killed 13 young people, the latest outrage
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 00:00
Under pressure from the Obama administration and human rights groups, President Felipe Calderon is pushing a new law that would require Mexican troops accused of human rights abuses to be tried in civilian courts, instead of the secretive military tribuna
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 00:00
LAST YEAR, leftist Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sought to stage an illegal referendum as part of a bid to overturn a constitutional ban on his reelection.
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 00:00
Four female reporters received Courage in Journalism Awards Tuesday from the International Women's Media Foundation.