The Guardian (UK)
Friday, May 22, 2009 - 00:00
Swine flu may have attracted the headlines, but the real killer in Mexico is the savage drugs war that has claimed an appalling 7,600 lives in the last 18 months.
Friday, May 22, 2009 - 00:00
Ecology and culture at stake say environmentalists, as government plans to exploit rainforest for oil, gas and timber
Monday, May 18, 2009 - 00:00
Prosecutors have drawn up a hit-list of targets connected to the powerful Cali cartel following evidence linking them to the supply of drugs throughout Britain
Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 00:00
Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manual Santos said he would take a shot at the 2010 election if President Alvaro Uribe steps aside
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 00:00
Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 186,000 from their homes, killed at least 19 people and cut off shipments from a huge Amazon iron mine
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 00:00
Britain has quietly ended nearly a decade of military aid to Colombia's armed forces after accusations of gross violations of human rights, including the murder of civilians who were shot and reported as guerrillas killed in combat.
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 00:00
Climate change robs Uru Chipaya of lifeline that had sustained them for millennia
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 00:00
President on course to be first leader in a century to win two consecutive terms after exit polls give him 54% of the vote
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 00:00
Fidel Castro has dampened expectations of improved ties between Cuba and the United States by saying an apparent olive branch from his brother Raul had been "misinterpreted".
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 00:00
Mexican drug traffickers are funneling cocaine to Italian organised crime, and some shipments are moving through Dallas.