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Monday, December 5, 2011 - 00:00
The dispute has paved the way to a David-and-Goliath battle for the wealth that could lead to more unrest in an already volatile region
Monday, December 5, 2011 - 00:00
Here are the scores for the Latin American and Caribbean countries
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican cartels have begun posing as vigilantes, Mexican officials say, just like the Colombians with whom they have long worked
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 00:00
Extensive training of the Mexican marines is one of several ways in which the U.S. military machine has quietly escalated its role in Mexico's ultra-violent drug war in the last two years
Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 00:00
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner holds a commanding lead going into next month's presidential elections. Her approval ratings are approaching 60 percent
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 00:00
Hernandez is one of a rising number of Mexicans filing for political asylum in the United States as a result of the drug war raging across their homeland
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 00:00
The campaign against so-called "precursor chemicals" is one of the least known - yet most important - elements of the war on drugs
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 00:00
It was the bloodiest period in Mexico’s recent history, with more killings than any five months since the government began compiling national homicide numbers in 1997.
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 00:00
Drawing more women into the demobilization program could be one of the most effective ways of weakening the insurgency.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 00:00
Mexico's drug gangs have become increasingly involved in the human trafficking business while the nation's prisons and police are under increased pressure from the crime wave.