Security
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
Spending billions of dollars on Ecuador's neglected poor majority, Correa has built a huge following in the volatile country that will likely help him win a second term on Sunday and consolidate his socialist rule.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
Arizona's governor and two U.S. senators urged the federal government on Monday to send hundreds of additional troops to secure the porous Mexican border, along which ruthless drug cartels are waging bloody turf wars
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
Some highlights of special committee hearing in Phoenix featuring state officials
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
Three U.S. senators promised to funnel more federal money to Arizona after they heard local officials complain about how Mexican cartels have taken a toll on the state.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
The army has turned Juarez into an occupied city in which all citizens are presumed to be drug traffickers," said Gustavo de la Rosa, the state human rights commissioner.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
Father Manuel Corral, a spokesman for the Mexican Bishops Conference, said Monday that priests in eight Mexican states have been threatened with harm or death, presumably by drug traffickers.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
El presidente Evo Morales admitio ayer que el terrorismo, el contrabando y el narcotrafico vulneran la seguridad territorial, especialmente en la region oriental del pais, por lo cual mando a reforzar la seguridad fronteriza.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
El presidente de la Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano, Carlos Aguiar, exhorto a los obispos a que intensifiquen su presencia en la sociedad para reconstruir y fortalecer el tejido social
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
We've made significant progress in Colombia with Plan Colombia, and we can here.
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
Violence between cartels is erupting in unexpected places