Security
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 00:00
El director de la Policia Nacional Civil (PNC) de Guatemala, Baltazar Gomez, fue detenido el martes por agentes fiscales, acusado de varios delitos, entre ellos de tener nexos con el narcotrafico.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 00:00
She and both her parents were imprisoned and tortured under Chile's military dictatorship; her father died. Now, as president, she hesitated before calling on military to confront post-quake unrest.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 00:00
In a country with a tortured military history, earthquake victims in Concepcion applaud the arrival of troops to bring order.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 00:00
The attorney general said the duo was detained for 'being linked to the robbery of drugs in Amatitlan in March 2009.'
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 00:00
The detentions were the latest embarrassment for Guatemala's embattled anti-narcotics effort and came amid U.S. complaints that corruption is impeding the battle to stop the flow of drugs.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 00:00
Overall damage estimates ran as high as $30 billion, Ms. Bachelet said earlier in the day, with about 500,000 homes destroyed.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 00:00
Government, After Slow Start, Raises Death Toll, Expands Curfews, Prompting Chileans to Take Stock.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 00:00
This Memorandum of Understanding is intended to guide the United States and Brazil in jointly selecting countries to promote economic and social advances in the sectors which can benefit from such cooperation.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 00:00
The Venezuelan economy shrank by 5.8% in the last three months of 2009 compared with year earlier.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 00:00
'Nobody warned us' of tsunami, says survivor; death toll rises to 795.