The Washington Post
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 00:00
Fidel Castro returned to Cuban television Monday night, his first major appearance in years
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 00:00
Like Globovision's minority owner, another businessman whose bank was taken over by the government three days after the arrest warrant, Zuloaga sought refuge in the United States.
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 00:00
He was ineligible, U.S. officials told him, under the "terrorist activities" section of the USA Patriot Act.
Friday, July 9, 2010 - 00:00
This time, the president's plans went badly awry, exposing mounting national opposition to a policy under which oil companies, supermarkets and factories have been taken over by the state.
Friday, July 9, 2010 - 00:00
Mr. Obama has wisely linked major changes in U.S. sanctions to significant movement toward democracy and freedom by Havana. That condition is still far from met.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 00:00
A bill approved by the House Agriculture Committee last week would repeal a broad travel ban on Americans visiting the island -- leaving the broader sanctions in place but taking a major step toward weakening them.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 00:00
Five would be released in a matter of hours and planned to head to Spain, while the remaining 47 would be liberated in "a process that will take three or four months starting now".
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 00:00
President Felipe Calderon's center-right National Action Party (PAN) appeared from preliminary results to have fought back a surge by its main opponent, the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 00:00
Elections in 12 Mexican states Sunday are taking place across a tense landscape of escalating violence and widespread fear that drug cartels are burrowing ever deeper into Mexico's politics, using corruption, intimidation and murder.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 00:00
Gunmen ambushed Rodolfo Torre's campaign caravan Monday less than a week before he was expected to win the governor's race in Tamaulipas, a state torn by a turf battle between two rival drug cartels.