Security
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 00:00
Latin America may see the pace of credit rating increases slow as governments in the region refrain from implementing reforms aimed at broadening their tax base and increasing competition.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 00:00
Colombia's peso rose for the first time in three days amid higher prices of oil.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 00:00
La principal amenaza para la inversion y la creacion de nuevas empresas en Mexico ahora proviene de la violencia generada por los carteles del narcotrafico.
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 00:00
The court's decision on Friday threw out Alvaro Uribe's February decree imposing a levy on alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and gambling.
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 00:00
Despite oppressive new laws and thousands of deaths, Mexico's government is no closer to winning its bloody war on drugs.
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 00:00
Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, nuevo arzobispo metropolitano de Panama, enfatizo esta manana que cada dia los panamenos son mas violentos.
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 00:00
China's ties with Venezuela have grown increasingly warm in recent years, marked by rising Venezuelan oil exports to China, the Chinese launching of a satellite for Venezuela and the sale of Chinese military aircraft.
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 00:00
La estrategia, que sera expuesta a Estados Unidos en mayo, incluye a Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belice, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panama y se ampara en el Tratado de Seguridad Democratica.
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 00:00
Americans are taking in their Mexican relatives, and the local schools have swelled with traumatized children, many of whom have witnessed gangland violence.
Friday, April 16, 2010 - 13:58
The TransBorder Project, a sponsored-program of the Center for International Policy, released a new International Policy Report this week: "Fallacies of High-Tech Fixes for Border Security." In the report, Tom Barry, director of the TransBorder Project, examines the impact and promises of two remote surveillance initiatives employed by the Department of Homeland Security to monitor and secure the U.S.