The Washington Post
Friday, July 25, 2008 - 00:00
In most Latin American countries, the poverty rate among the elderly is higher than the national average -- up to 20 percent higher in Mexico, for instance
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 00:00
The reviews follow the agency's suspension of a grant to the Miami-based Grupo de Apoyo a la Democracia after a recent audit turned up $11,000 in irregular spending
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 00:00
Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons could be deployed to Cuba in response to U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Eastern Europe
Monday, July 21, 2008 - 00:00
The worldwide condemnation of the rebels' tactics has helped solidify President Álvaro Uribe's hard-line position against the group
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 00:00
Blocking roads during a demonstration is considered by some Mexicans to be a kind of inalienable right
Friday, July 11, 2008 - 00:00
Now is the time for Colombia and its partner, the U.S., to reconsider the present anti-drug strategy
Friday, July 11, 2008 - 00:00
Companies say doubts about Colombia's future trading relationship with the United States have been a factor in a recent flow of jobs from Medellin into Central America
Friday, July 11, 2008 - 00:00
Upon her liberation, Betancourt offered profuse thanks to God and the Virgin Mary, to her supporters and the media, to France and Colombia and just about everybody else. As of this writing, none to the United States
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 00:00
The U.S. team was supported by a vast intelligence-gathering operation based in the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, far to the north. There, a special 100-person unit made up of Special Forces planners, hostage negotiators and intelligence analysts worked
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - 00:00
The Rocinha development, part of a $315 billion federal program aimed at improving the country's decrepit infrastructure, is one sign of how millions of poor are benefiting from an unprecedented period of economic growth in South America's largest economy