The Washington Post
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 00:00
Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said that a high-ranking State Department official had assured him the reduction in aid was part of across-the-board belt-tightening in President Obama's 2011 budget proposal.
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 00:00
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday said he won't withdraw troops from the embattled border city of Ciudad Juarez despite criticism
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 00:00
In the mournful lexicon of Latin American dictatorship, they were the "disappeared." And on that night in 2004, Alejandro was hearing that his real parents had been victims of the military junta
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 00:00
The embodiment of this dysfunction has been OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza. A Chilean socialist, Mr. Insulza has unabashedly catered to the region's left-wing leaders -- which has frequently meant ignoring the democratic charter.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 00:00
True charity would have been to help those families care for their children -- not to put them in a bus and drive them away.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 00:00
Nearly one month after a powerful earthquake brought this country to a halt, Haiti is tumbling headlong through a crisis that has not begun to abate, with evidence everywhere that current relief efforts are falling short.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 00:00
Mexican federal police arrested two suspected gang leaders Monday, delivering another big blow to a brutal drug cartel that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years.
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 00:00
On Colombia, the case for a deal is especially strong -- and the case against one especially weak
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 00:00
Mexico's homicide rate has fallen steadily from a high in 1997 of 17 per 100,000 people to 14 per 100,000 in 2009
Friday, February 5, 2010 - 00:00
"Haiti is good for the United States, to show its humanitarian side," he said. "It's perfect for this administration, which is Democratic and liberal."