The Washington Post
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - 00:00
Sen. John McCain showered praise on Colombian President Alvaro Uribe tonight for his efforts to curb drug trafficking and guerrilla activity
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - 00:00
Videos showing Mexican police learning torture methods appeared on the Internet this week as the country, soon to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. anti-drug aid, is seeking to improve its human rights record
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - 00:00
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and his aides had briefed McCain Tuesday evening about the plan to rescue the Americans, along with 12 other captives.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 00:00
Montesinos, appearing in court to testify in Fujimori's trial on human rights abuses, denied that his former boss was tied to the death squads that operated with impunity at the height of Peru's war against insurgents
Monday, June 30, 2008 - 00:00
Lopez, a hyperarticulate graduate of Kenyon College and Harvard, is a pragmatic center-leftist, like most of the presidents elected in South America since the turn of the century
Monday, June 30, 2008 - 00:00
Sen. John McCain spoke at length about his upcoming trip to Latin America and approach to international affairs
Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia's Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the legitimacy of President Álvaro Uribe's reelection in 2006, prompting Uribe to call on Congress to enable a new presidential election
Friday, June 27, 2008 - 00:00
A high-ranking federal police official and his bodyguard were assassinated here Thursday, the latest in a string of killings attributed to drug cartels
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A group that campaigns for tribal peoples' rights denied on Tuesday that it and the Brazilian government had misled the media over photographs of an uncontacted Indian tribe in the Amazon last month.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When Paolo Portinho meets up with his musician friends for a night out in Rio de Janeiro, they jam a few tunes and knock back some beers -- but only after having a serious talk about the stock market.