The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:00
Monday's events show how difficult it will be to clean up local police forces. The arrests of local police angered their colleagues, who staged a protest by using their patrol cars to blockade busy city avenues, snarling traffic.
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
The bitterness on both sides, and the apparent brutality of the killings, could make it difficult to reach a compromise
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
He was clearly angered over recent press reports that the administration is cooling on an outstanding free trade agreement with Panama
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
The first was a meeting of the Organization of American States in Honduras. The OAS voted to lift the 1962 ban on Cuba's membership. The second was the 25th anniversary celebration of the Venezuelan, pro-liberty think-tank Cedice Libertad in Caracas
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
Mexican soldiers killed 16 gunmen in a battle with drug traffickers in a down-at-the-heels area of Acapulco, a once glamorous tourist destination that has become a battleground in the country's drug wars
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
The demonstrations against government plans to develop oil, natural gas and forestry resources turned violent Friday, resulting in the deaths of 23 police
Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 00:00
The decision could prove to be a trap for Cuba. Fidel Castro, the island's retired dictator, has recently made the OAS a favorite target, blasting it as, among other things, an "unburied cadaver"
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 00:00
The inauguration of El Salvador's first left-wing president brought to an end nearly a half-century of polarized politics in Latin America's bloodiest Cold War battlefield
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 00:00
'Offshore investors are returning to Colombia because the perception is that investment in emerging economies will generate them more profits as our economies will recover faster from the financial crisis'
Monday, June 1, 2009 - 00:00
State terror and intimidation against the private sector are Mr. Chavez's best hope for survival while he waits to see if Uncle Ben (Bernanke) comes through with renewed dollar inflation