Security
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
La inseguridad puede combatirse con politicas preventivas. Un experto senala el papel de un plan centrado en escuelas y familias para prevenir la delincuencia juvenil
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
The wealthy city is perhaps paying the price for tolerating the presence of drug traffickers for so many years. Now, 'security is collapsing,' an official says.
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
Nearly half of all Colombians still live in poverty, and many experts wonder if too little has been done to alleviate the misery that helps fuel violence and drugs - drugs that wind up on American streets.
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
The latest incident reminds Mexico's rich and powerful that they are not immune to the crime wave piling up bodies on the streets
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
Mientras Arena rechaza de tajo la propuesta del Ejecutivo de reformar la Ley Penitenciaria para que el ejercito pueda entrar a las carceles, el PCN pide se precise limites a las funciones de los militares, y el FMLN demanda un amplio rol
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
Un mensaje colocado en el parabrisas del vehiculo, presuntamente firmado por el grupo delictivo de los Zetas -integrado por desertores de grupos de elite de las fuerzas armadas mexicanas-, afirmaba que los jovenes fueron asesinados por estar involucrados
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
The opposition PRI claims victory in the election for mayor of Merida, the state capital, as early returns show a tight race. Elsewhere, a former presidential candidate remained missing
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 00:00
The murder rate in Latin America is 25.6 per 100,000 residents.
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 00:00
The plan runs as follows: first, Rio's military police special forces will invade the favelas and suppress the gangs. Then regular military police units will establish permanent bases and begin patrols.
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 00:00
The bill for years of mismanagement has come due just as crucial elections loom. The president's response has been to start locking up opponents.