The Washington Post
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 00:00
Mexican leaders are increasingly asking why their country should continue to attack cannabis traffickers and peasant pot farmers if the U.S. government is barely enforcing federal marijuana laws.
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 00:00
The two sets of comments seemed to reflect a rare disagreement between Obama and Clinton.
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 00:00
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the surging drug violence in Mexico now resembles that of war-torn Colombia a generation ago, with criminal cartels looking like "insurgencies" battling for control of territory.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 00:00
Though many subsets of the Bacrim are causing problems across the country, the principal group in this jungle border region is called the Black Eagles.
Friday, September 3, 2010 - 00:00
Most of the explosives are legacies of the Cold War, manufactured in the United States and shipped to Central America to fight leftist revolutionaries in the 1980s.
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 00:00
The new military agreement was one of the more ham-handed misfires of United States policy in Latin America.
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 00:00
The drug traffickers and their Colombian suppliers smuggle $20 billion to $25 billion in U.S. bank notes across the southwest border annually.
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 00:00
More than seven months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Jan. 12, an estimated 1.3 million Haitians -- 15 percent of the population -- are still living in tents or under leaky tarps.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 00:00
The measures would make it easier for Americans to get U.S. government licenses for cultural, educational and sports exchanges.
Monday, August 16, 2010 - 00:00
The time is right to leverage our trade and partnerships and advance a more collaborative relationship with our neighbors to the south. The Obama administration should consider these five steps.