The Washington Post
Monday, February 9, 2009 - 00:00
The speculation about his continued viability is fueled by the fact that Castro, 82, has not been seen in public since the summer of 2006
Monday, February 9, 2009 - 00:00
Today the United States-Mexico border has been pancaked between a collapsed economy to the north and brutal drug thugs to the south
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 00:00
Bands of young men burned cars and tires in the streets of the Paraisopolis slum and looted cars and businesses
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 00:00
El Salvador's presidential race has tightened, with the leading candidates in a virtual tie and likely facing a runoff
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 00:00
The killings are the most sensational evidence that the legal profession along the Mexican border is under extreme stress, as lawyers are swept up in a vicious turf war -- between drug traffickers, street gangs, police and the Mexican military
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 00:00
Mexican army and law enforcement officials said that Meza confessed to disposing of more than 300 corpses
Monday, January 26, 2009 - 00:00
About 56 percent of voters approved the new constitution, with 43 percent against, according to a partial count with about 90 percent of precincts reporting
Friday, January 23, 2009 - 00:00
Unlike those who live in and visit Cartagena' affluent heart, most of the residents of the ramshackle barrios are black. Drug trafficking is rife, children are malnourished and preventable diseases are common
Friday, January 23, 2009 - 00:00
To restore relations and end the U.S. embargo, Obama would have to drop demands for democracy on the island, or Cuba would have to accept them _ both unlikely scenarios
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 00:00
Putin and Chavez preside over a pervasive sense of violence and insecurity in their capitals, which has resulted in parallel, politically motivated attacks against the opposition