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Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 00:00
Reports on national television, citing preliminary vote counts, said that Mr. Morales, a former coca farmer whose pro-indigenous policies and alliance with President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela have irritated the Bush administration, had won the referendum w
Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 00:00
Eleven soldiers have been arrested and accused of detaining the men at the plaza in June and turning them over to thugs in the rival Mineira Hill favela, authorities say. The troops were trying to "scare" the unruly young men, according to subse
Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 00:00
''These cartel leaders are starting to feel the pain, and the natural response is to up the ante in terms of violence,'' said a U.S. law enforcement official close to the drug war.
Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 00:00
High-powered automatic weapons and ammunition are flowing virtually unchecked from border states into Mexico, fueling a war among drug traffickers, the army and police that has left thousands dead, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.
Saturday, August 9, 2008 - 00:00
In Mexico's drug war, Gen. Sergio Aponte Polito racked up crime-fighting credentials worthy of the Dark Knight, making record seizures of drugs and weapons and forcing out top Baja California law enforcement officials he accused of corruption and of havin
Saturday, August 9, 2008 - 00:00
CARACAS, Venezuela—About 3,000 opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marched through the capital on Saturday to protest a package of laws that expand his power and accelerate his push toward socialism.
Friday, August 8, 2008 - 00:00
The name Palenque means "fortified escaped slave village" and many of these villages were built throughout the Caribbean and Latin America
Friday, August 8, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia, a key Washington ally in Latin America, is studying whether to send troops to Afghanistan to lend support to the U.S.-led campaign against the Taliban insurgency
Friday, August 8, 2008 - 00:00
The Ecuadoran soldiers who pursue the guerrillas operate along a 366-mile-long border, most of it marked by rivers that can be crossed at any point by canoe
Friday, August 8, 2008 - 00:00
"If you hear shots in the night -- pow, pow, pow-- don't leave your hammock. Everything will be okay," he said