Ernesto Londoño
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 06:16
In the past, when a Cuban athlete vanished during a sporting event abroad, news about the defection would spread by word of mouth back home. There would be no official acknowledgment or mention in the state-run press.
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 05:09
A Bolivian journalist reported that Mr. Morales, 56, who is single and has closely guarded his personal life, had a child with a young woman, Gabriela Zapata, in 2007, the year after he took office.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 06:12
The United States has spent more than $10 billion dollars beefing up Colombia’s security forces, supporting development and backing reform of the judicial system in an effort known as Plan Colombia. I talked with Kevin Whitaker, the American ambassador in Bogotá, by email about this evolution and Washington’s decision to sit down with leaders who are under indictment in the United States.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:59
Growing up in Colombia, I imagined being kidnapped as the only way to end up face-to-face with militants from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist-inspired guerrilla group that has battled the government for over half a century.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 06:41
The Bahraini government declared a visiting senior U.S. diplomat persona non grata Monday after he met with representatives of a Shiite opposition party, and it took the highly unusual step of demanding his immediate departure from the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 09:47
But it came across as little more than an obligatory talking point and was overshadowed by the enthusiasm both defense chiefs share for the fruits of the multibillion-dollar U.S. investment to build up Israel’s defenses against enemies near and far.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 07:25
“These negotiations will under no circumstance trade away regional security for concessions on Iran’s nuclear program.”
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 08:00
As the Obama administration on Wednesday began preparing to deploy a team of military and civilian advisers to aid in the search for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls, members of Congress pressed for a more muscular response to the militant Islamist group that carried out the mass kidnapping last month.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 13:31
The Obama administration’s plan to keep military aid flowing to Egypt ran into significant opposition Tuesday as a key senator blocked the next batch of shipments and other lawmakers criticized the White House for not responding more forcefully to the military-led government’s crackdown on opposition groups.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 07:50
He and other U.S. officials worry that Washington could come to regret backing Iraq’s security forces because the government in Baghdad has often used them to crack down on members of the country’s Sunni minority.