The Washington Post
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
His resignation brought a measure of uncertainty to a political system that has changed little since Castro, now 81 and ailing, swept into Cuba's capital at the head of a guerrilla army
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
If picked by Cuba's newly elected National Assembly in a presidential vote scheduled for Sunday, Raúl is almost certain to preside over a government based more on a collective style of leadership, and less on personality
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
While Castro's official exit after nearly 50 years in power held the aura of history, many here viewed it as having few, if any, immediate consequences
Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 00:00
"There is no other way to get money," the father said, pushing his saw through wood that will earn him as much as $12.50, depending on how many planks it produces
Friday, February 15, 2008 - 00:00
After years of looking every which way to support anti-drug efforts abroad, the time may be ripe for the United States to begin looking more inward
Friday, February 15, 2008 - 00:00
Two cheers for Exxon Mobil. In standing up to Mr. Ch¿vez through peaceful, legal means, it has once again exposed the hollowness of the anti-imperialism with which he justifies his rule
Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 00:00
People here -- from small-time politicians to cattlemen, businessmen to farmers -- say the FARC and a smaller rebel group, the National Liberation Army, or ELN, are either directly responsible for kidnappings or have paid criminal organizations to carry t
Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 00:00
In a 128-page report released in Mexico City, the New York-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch concluded that Mexico's commission "is failing to live up to its promise"
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 00:00
The rising wave of anti-Semitism in Venezuela is part and parcel of this effort by Chavez's increasingly repressive regime
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 00:00
Millions of protesters fanned out across Colombia on Monday, expressing fury over guerrilla atrocities in a long civil conflict and demanding the liberation of hundreds of hostages held in clandestine jungle camps