The Washington Post
Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 00:00
Hurricane Gustav hit Cuba this month with 140-mph winds, just shy of being a Category 5 storm as Hurricane Katrina was.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 00:00
MANY PEOPLE in Washington are rightly alarmed about the rising toll of military and civilian casualties in Afghanistan. They might be surprised to learn that a roughly equal number of people have been killed so far this year in a war raging much closer to
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
The flaw in the HOPE Act is its three-year lifespan. For economic development to continue and for foreign investors to take Haiti seriously, predictability is crucial
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
As President Rene Preval told the Miami Herald, "this is Katrina in the entire country but without the means that Louisiana had."
Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 00:00
With major projects underway in Manta by the Venezuelan government and a Hong Kong company, the U.S. dollars don't amount to much
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 00:00
Across the Andean region, the size of the coca crop has increased 18 percent in the past five years, a period during which the United States has spent $4 billion on anti-drug programs
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 00:00
For Latin America, Biden joining Obama on the ticket leaves much to be desired. Had Obama's choice been New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Mexican-American with a nuanced understanding of the region, a much different message would have been sent
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 00:00
Attorney General Mario Iguaran, whose office oversees the exhumations, said in an interview that authorities think more than 10,000 bodies might still be scattered across the country
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 00:00
A new law is beginning to disarm Colombia's notorious paramilitary groups, and sparking hope in the families of 10,000 missing people whose remains have never been recovered
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 00:00
The extraditions have sparked a heated debate in this country, with pundits and politicians accusing the Bush administration of sidestepping Colombian interests