NPR
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 00:00
The men are part of a network of self-defense brigades, formed in the southern state of Guerrero to combat the drug traffickers and organized crime gangs that terrorize residents
Friday, January 18, 2013 - 00:00
Mexico's new president, Enrique Pena Nieto, recently enacted a law to compensate victims of drug violence. It also sets up a national registry to record the crimes
Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 00:00
Mexicans hope to change the conversation between the two countries, from drugs and violence to economics and prosperity
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
The environmentalists are facing one tough farming advocate in Abreu, a senator, landowner and head of the country's most powerful Big Agro association
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 00:00
Mexico's new President Enrique Pena Nieto says the kingpin strategy is not for him. He prefers going after the extortionists, kidnappers and street criminals
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 00:00
Crack has been in Brazil since the 1990s, but its use exploded in the past six years, according to health and police officials. The reasons, they say, are proximity and porosity
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 00:00
Smarting after a bruising loss in state elections, Venezuela's opposition will now be forced to reassess its strategy and rebuild quickly to prepare for presidential elections that many expect could be called
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 00:00
Before the debate, the audience voted 45 percent in favor of the motion "Legalize Drugs," with 23 percent opposed and 32 percent undecided. After hearing from both sides, those who supported the motion still won out: 58 percent to 30 percent.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 00:00
In the heartland of the FARC - a rugged, mountainous swath in southern Tolima state where the insurgency was born in 1964 - many people remain wary.
Monday, September 24, 2012 - 00:00
It's a big blow to the narcos. A big blow in the sense that here was a guy you could trust. If you were a Mexican drug dealer, this guy would tell you, I'll get the shipment to you by so many hundreds of kilos and on such and such a day he'd do it.